In the US, a lot of moves like that will have a conductor on the rear platform to watch the move. Changing cabs would require changing ID numbers...
Just having decent headlights would help a lot. One ought to be able to see the track in front of the train for a few hundred meters/yards, at least.
Heck, my bumper-mounted KC lights used to light things up a mile away... Now, reflectivity helps, but there was that one jackrabbit that ran...
Please... please... Give us proper headlights for US trains. Staring into the Wyoming/California/Pennsylvania darkness through the windscreen...
I recall one fine day standing trackside at Sherman in the late '80s or early '90s, watching 6 SD-40-2s on the lead hammer up the hill about 15...
Future scenario option: lineside refueling. The UP has taken, in some cases, to refueling locomotives via fuel delivery trucks at grade...
Real life tragedy: EB UP on Sherman Hill lost air brake effectiveness due to repeated applications, and dynamics were insufficient. The train...
Well... apart from the sections of interstate, traffic pretty much *does* disappear once you pass the BNSF overpass on the west end of Cheyenne....
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