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[quote user="John WR"] [quote user="Bucyrus"]The report addresses these issues on page 1-5.[/quote] I see no explanation of how a person might be awake enough to manipulate the throttle and other equipment and then in somewhat over a minute be so sound asleep as to be totally unaware of his surroundings.  I just don't see where that particular point is addressed.   John[/quote] Well that point is not specifically addressed, and it may in fact be the case that the engineer failed to stop for the stopped train ahead for some reason other than falling asleep.  But you seem to question the possibility of being awake and then falling asleep within one minute.  Many people are probably not aware of that possibility because it is not a part of their normal routine.  But I have had vivid experience of this while driving.  Most people call it nodding off.  You fall asleep and wake up a few seconds later with a startle.  You tell yourself not to let it happen again, and in a few moments, you wake again with a startle.  It can happen over and over again.  With luck, you don't hit anything or go off the road during the lapse in consciousness.
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