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Originally Posted by aussiesteve
From the provided photos, the locomotive sustained much more damage than did the dmu unit.
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Yes it does look that way. Rather odd.
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I know that the Czech system is mostly Driver Only Operation, and am wondering now about the relevant safe working systems.
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I've spent my whole career working DOO and have mixed feelings. On the plus side, it's good to have two pairs of eyes and someone watching your back. On the minus side, there's a big temptation to relax a bit too much and assume the other person will catch anything that goes wrong (I believe psychologists call it Dilution of Responsibility), and you can be distracted by chatting too much.
On those occasions where I've dropped a clanger in the past, there's been someone else in the cab chatting away (my previous TOC had a 'drivers travel Pass in cab' policy, AND of course there's always Road learners hopping in).
I much prefer working on my own for passenger train driving.
My limited experience of freight though, is that it's quite different and I can see the point of having two crew members.
Anyhow, I expect you probably see things quite differently Steve?
Cheers, John.