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Day in the Life of a Freight Train Engineer

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Day in the Life of a Freight Train Engineer
Posted by Overmod on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 5:20 PM

This is a VHS tape made for a railroader's family to get a taste of a typical morning's experience.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gZlvgmqHlrQ

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Posted by MP173 on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 11:54 AM

I watched the entire video.  

Low tech but very informative.

Seemed to be a large number of industrial sidings on that run...most of which had cars.

Ed

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Posted by Lithonia Operator on Saturday, January 21, 2023 3:54 PM

I'm surprised NS allowed this. The engineer/instructor shooting a video. ??

But I am enjoying it, watching a little at a time.

Still in training.


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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, January 21, 2023 5:53 PM

Lithonia Operator
I'm surprised NS allowed this. The engineer/instructor shooting a video. ??

2000 - Before 9/11 and the days of "no electronic devices in the cab."

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, January 21, 2023 6:57 PM

tree68
 
Lithonia Operator
I'm surprised NS allowed this. The engineer/instructor shooting a video. ?? 

2000 - Before 9/11 and the days of "no electronic devices in the cab."

Chatsworth collision in 2008 brought the crackdown on having operating electronics in the cab.

What I find even more curious is that it has taken the US Maritime industry until 2022 to crack down on electronic devices with the grounding of the MV Ever Forward in the Chesapeake Bay.

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, January 26, 2023 10:15 AM

The 'Trackside Photographer' may be going out soon, but they're going out with a bang...

Here is a 'day in the life' on a different railroad, with quite a number of interesting photographs.  Did 'our' Joe know this Joe?

http://thetracksidephotographer.com/2023/01/26/the-drop-2/

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