Look at the latest issue of Trains towards the end of the magazine. There is a UP train with the hogger with his feet out of the window.I hope his road foreman dont find out!! LOL
seen conductors using a cell phone to talk to their loved ones while waiting. seen engineers reading newspapers while they wait. but I’ll never tell.
stay safe
Joe
Comedian on TV the other day: You see people doing everything in their cars now. Used to be you just listened to the radio. Now people talk on the cell phone, read the paper, write, even shave. I’ll tell you, it scares me to see a a woman with her leg up on the dash!
As for the engineer - as long as he’s alert and can do his job, where his feet are probably doesn’t matter. As discussed in the deadman thread - no need to keep your foot on the pedal any more… Besides, might have been at the request of the conductor…[:O]
If his feet are on the dashboard or out the window, how can he reach the clutch, gas and brake pedals?
Ed[8D]
In the semi-truck I used to drive, on a nice day I’d sling my foot out the window when I was cruising down the highway. It was pretty comfortable although it didn’t look like it.
…And maybe even the steering wheel…! {Adding to Ed’s thoughts}.
Years ago, some truck drivers especially local dump trucks hauling perhaps coal or dirt and grinding up the 9% grade past our service station on Rt. 30 in Pennsylvania it was not uncommon for the driver to be standing out on the running board with the drivers door ajar…Yes, the driver…!
During my long ago ride on the point of the Panama Limited, the hogger got out of his seat a couple of times and step into the nose compartment of the E-9. I assume he was using the facility. Sort of wierd to be rolling a long at 90 per and see the drivers seat empty. Would have been REALLY wierd if it had been after the days of firemen.
Well yeah, if the train is at a stop and expecting to be waiting awhile I would expect that they find ways to pass the time untill they are ready to go. Would be more convenient with the set up (read about it the other day forgetting the name I’m tired) where a buzzer goes off in the cab when the signal changes, supposed to be able to let you know the color of the block signal if its foggy and you can’t see it. My co worker and I play rummy sometimes when it’s slow and we’re waiting for something to happen.
“A watched signal never changes color (or at least seems to take 4 times as long to do so)”