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My brother who works for CXS, told me of teaming up with an old Engineer when he first started there. He was a conductor just off probation when he was teamed up with an Engineer with 22 years of experiance. The CSX had just recieved some of the new wisper cab engines. It was in the middle of winter and cold out but this engineer kept his window wide open and every once in a while would stick his head out. My brother asked him to shut the window for it was cold out. The engineer told him he could not do that for then he would not be able to hear the engine. My brother reminded this Engineer about the Moniter and control panel in front of him. The Engineer then told him "You don't run a train by gauges you run a train by Ear". One day they were pulling a coal train, the Engineer stuck his head out the window and annouced "I don't like the sound of that go shut down the secound unit." My brother checked the gauges on the secound unit and all things looked good but did what he was told. (By this time he thinks this Engineer is some kind of NUT.) Sure enough he went into work the next day and found the unit all torn up. It had a bad bearing in it and would have done major damage. The foremen told him the unit was shut down just in time. My brother never questioned a old timer again. Do most Engineers run there trains by Ear?
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