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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by skeets</i> <br /><br />I've been running engines for 28 years. You can indeed tell a lot about what the trailing units are doing by listening to them. You can also tell a lot abbout what your train is doing through your ***. That's right, your ***! You can feel the slack; tell how the train is running through your butt. That's one thing all the simulators lack; no matter how sophisticated they get, none simulate the slack action at the butt. Ask your "old head" engineer about that, eh? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I have to agree. Having run locomotives for about 7 years now the Engineer's Butt is his most important sensory organ for knowing the condition of the train. Eyes and ears are helpful for keeping up with how the power is doing... <br /> <br />LC
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