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Posted by aegrotatio on Monday, October 4, 2021 2:54 PM

tree68

Same thing he does on a Diesel...

Look up "featherbedding."

 

 

I'm fully aware of "featherbedding" but they did have actual duties, which is what I'm asking about.

 

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Posted by 243129 on Monday, October 4, 2021 7:57 PM

tree68

 

 
SD70Dude
On units like the GG1 with poor visibility having a second person on the opposite side of the cab greatly helped with seeing signals. 

 

We have a second person in the cab when running long hood forward.  With the many curves on our line, there are times all the engineer can see is the oncoming forest...  A second set of eyes, as it were.

 

A "second set of eyes" would be good on all locomotives would they not?

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