John Bruce is a writer? With all the skewed misinformative comments and all the twists and turns in his one lane reply highway, he must write for the Weekly World News... or perhaps the Chicago Sun-Times. Really, Mr. Bruce, if you can't follow along with the points being made here, it's best if you just don't engage yourself in the slightest. The numerous errors of argument you've made here this week shame your craft.

One final thought...your opinion on what can be seen from trackside of the inside of a locomotive cab is so far off base that I suggest you take a genuine study of this industry before further offering half-baked opinions based on L.A. Times research and investigative methods.