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If you had 2 separate crews on say, a L.A. to Chicago train, and they were to rotate "driving" duties, as trucker teams do, that would mean 4 men (or ladies) away from their home terminal for more than a whole week, given the average speed of freight trains. The real problem doesn't lay with not having a crew on board, but rather getting that train over the road without delays. If the freight railroads would adopt "scheduled": operations (like Illinois Central did), and actually MAINTAINED the "schedule", then all crews would be putting in no more than a 12 hour day, and sleep in their own bed every night. But, Management either does not care, or they don't understand the fundamentals. As far as "sleeper cabs" goes, the cab floor of a trailing unit makes a pretty good bed for the overworked, tired crewmember, providing you can scrounge up enough paper towels for a makeshift pillow.
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