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[quote user="cordon"] [:)]I notice that the Diesel engine in the Genesis runs at constant speed.  Idle or full power, it's the same.  What is the reason for this?Only the engineer in the cab on AMTRAK?  Is that really true?  I would expect the conductor or assistant conductor to go to the cab now and then just to make sure everything is OK.  With one person in the cab, how do they follow the rule on some RRs that the conductor has to verify signals as they appear?[:)][:)]  [/quote]  The way the rule is followed is when the engineer sees the signal he gets on the radio to the conductor and relays the signal to him.  The conductor then repeats the singal back to the engineer.  If the train is moving how does the conductor get into the cab.  The locomotive is actually fitted with an alerter.  If the engineer does not move a lever, or blow the horn with in I belive 45 to 60 seconds it will show a red light, and then start making this horrible noise.  If the engineer does not reset it with in a certain period of time the trains and locomotive brakes are applied at a supression rate.  Basically the train will apply full braking with the air exhausting at a service rate instead of an emergency rate. And the Enginer will go into Idle until everything is recovered.
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