00:00Operating locomotives on a railroad, look down at the ground, up at the sky, left and right.
00:57So, this is our main road trip, so there's no way to get that.
01:09There are many things that are not operated from a locomotive cab, so you'll be on your
01:14feet for a fair portion of the time.
01:16Stretch your legs for a few seconds to get warmed up.
01:55That's the physical portion of your training complete.
01:58Head over and climb aboard a locomotive.
02:14Open the cab door and proceed inside.
02:41To take control, you'll want the engineer seat.
02:44Head over and sit down.
03:01When sat in the engineer's seat of a locomotive, the driving heads-up display will appear in
03:06the bottom right corner.
03:07This HUD shows key information about the state of the locomotive while you are driving.
03:16The dials on the right display brake system pressures.
03:22Along the bottom are the direction, throttle, and brake type indicators.
03:30Finally, the exclamation mark on the left.
03:35There are three key controls to operating this locomotive.
03:39The reverser, brakes, and throttle.
03:42The reverser determines direction of travel.
03:44Put this into forward.
03:54To the left is the auto brake, which applies brakes along the entire length of the train.
04:14We're about to move, so make two blasts of the horn to alert anyone around.
04:19Remember, safety first.
04:33Now add some power, but not too much.
04:36Too much power too soon can damage both the locomotive and the cars.
04:42Always start off nice and slowly.
04:45Increase the throttle lever by one notch.
05:10You're moving.
05:12Great work.
05:13To maintain a constant speed, move the throttle back to its
05:17To maintain a constant speed, move the throttle back to its
05:17idle position.
05:25Have a play with moving the camera around while the train is coasting along.
05:52That concludes the basic engineer training on this locomotive. So let's bring it to a stop.
05:59Move the autobrake to initial reduction. As with applying power, too much brake pressure
06:06applied too quickly can be detrimental to the train and its cargo.
06:42Well done.
07:06So you want to learn about yard switching? Let's take a look.
07:13Before a train goes anywhere, crews arrange all the cars together.
07:18Meticulous planning goes into making sure the right cars go to the right tracks to make up the right trains.
07:24This process is called switching.
07:34Climb aboard this locomotive and we'll get started.
07:48Set the locomotive up and pull towards the cars ahead. Take it easy, though. Five miles an hour will do
07:55just fine.
08:00Let's make sure the car changes automatically.
08:02If we're behind the cars, we have to clean the car.
08:08We'll get a little bit inside.
08:09Let's just leave the car.
08:10It's very light.
08:10In the engine.
08:21Let's ride in the engine.
08:23Let's do something on the train.
08:24Good.
08:25My car is under the train.
