Asleep at the throttle?

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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The most recent or near-recent Trains featured a full-page photo of a UP locomotive engineer with his feet dangling out of the cab and apparently fast asleep in a moving train. I didn’t know it was possible to sleep for more than a few minutes before the timer kicks the brakes on.

Anyway, if there’s a conductor in the cab, I suppose they could take turns sleeping as only one person really needs to be awake. That way, they are more alert when they awake.

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I saw that picture. Just because he’s riding with his feet up on the window does NOT mean he’s asleep. He’s just stretching his legs.

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Or cooling them off. Or the conductor complained about the smell. Or he was dryiong off his shoes.

I was always able to sleep much better with my feet up on the heater, until they started with those damm desk-top cabs.