The conductor reported that the engineer missed the final two calls, thus the question arises as to whether the engineer might have been unconscious.
Huh? If he was unconscious, how did he stop at Chatsworth Station?
>>>The conductor reported that the engineer missed the final two calls, thus the question arises as to whether the engineer might have been unconscious.
The railroads called it “featherbedding” when the unions insisted on having a “fireman” in the cab. Eventually the unions caved in favor of higher salaries, and the firemen slowly disappeared. A shame, really, for a vehicle as potentially destructive as a train to only have one operator.