OPRRMS Wrote:
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> We Can Handle It. Wrote:
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> > Not Rocket science, but I thought there is a
> Pilot
> > on every territory 4014 goes, telling Ed what
> to
> > do on a briefing and on the road, then the
> Pilot
> > would tell Ed what to tell the pusher engineer?
>
> The pilot advises the lead engineer on the
> physical characteristics of portion of the
> railroad they'll be operating on, including such
> things as speed limits, permanent and temporary
> restrictions, track gradient and curvature, fixed
> and temporary signal locations, etc., but doesn't
> tell the engineer "what to do" in the literal
> sense, given that the engineer is the person
> responsible for operating the train. Without a
> steam-to-diesel m.u. box, the lead engineer then
> communicates with the helper engineer as to what
> he wants him or her to do.
>
> Here's the FRA requirement for when a pilot is
> necessary:
>
> [www.law.cornell.edu]

I suspect the pilot conductor is on the steam engine doing the advising, and the pilot engineer is on the pusher.
Although Mr. Wonderful has been known to make both ride the diesels, whether he has ever been over the territory before or not.

They can always pull the air on him if he ODs on himself.