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Old 26th September 2017, 04:03
Kasane Kasane is offline  
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It's in use all the time in yards here in North America. You can tell when an engineer is controlling a locomotive (or more) from a belt-pack (the term used for the control). The locomotive will have a flashing white light on top to signify this mode of operation.

Often, on a fine day, the engineer will choose to control the locomotive from the locomotive's external walkway rather than sit cramped up inside......
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