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What happened to the lost art of engineers waving?
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<p>Hi all! Long time reader and thought I would finally post something.</p><p>To me, it all breaks down into the wavers and the wave-nots. The type of wave one may receive from an engineer can be the casual lift of the arm off the sill up towards the head indicating a casual acknowledgement of your existence. Then there is the out-the-window-wave that says 'hey- how ya' doin', nice to see you admiring what I do. There's the 'look straight ahead but toot the horn deal. There's sometimes the two fingers symbolyzing peace. One time I got the middle finger wave- I guess he was having a bad day. There's the half-wave curving upward kinda like the Queen of England does. The salute-wave, always cool. The one-finger-lift-up wave which I guess means either the engineer is really cool or really tired. And the one where both the engineer and conductor are waving both arms and hands in a crazy-kinda way which probably means 'get off the track!'.</p><p>Whatever the wave, I don't expect it or feel entitled to it- but it is nice to get.</p><p> </p>
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