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[V][V][V] It's entirely obvious to me that most of the people in favor of this idea have never actually tried to be locomotive engineers, and probobly never driven long distance trucks for a living either. I've done both, there is no comparison between the two. Most trips on the railroad are a TWELVE HOUR shift. When I drove truck you only slept when you couldn't keep you eyes open any more. You don't stop to eat on a train, same with a truck. You eat what you can while you are moving. Keep an occupied passenger car on a freight train? Ever hear of slack action? Even good engineers have run ins and run outs. They just try to control them. Ever try to sleep in a moving semi? Not much slack action but a lot of incredably bad pavement, and sometimes no pavement at all. <br /> Technology is great when it works. Too bad it doesn't work all the time. And of all the computer and high-tech gizmos that I have been able to try, most just don't stand up to use on the railroad. L.A. to Chicago with only two crews? Depending on a computer screen to tell me how to run a train? Ever try to run a train from a track chart? Ever gotten unexpected results from a minimum break application? And I should live on this thing for HOW long? <br /> Somebody who never worked on a for-profit freight railroad dreamed this up. I wouldn't want to live on a passenger train for a living, and freight railroading is incredably more dirty and dangerous than riding Amtrak. When I am FORCED to do this it will be the LAST time I run a train. [ V[V][V]
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