BNSF -Arizona .. RAW and Unedited, sorry.. Deadheading home on the 4 unit. Flagstaff, Arizona 

Glad you enjoyed it Jim. Only a former rail will " GET " my stick figure logo if you look closely...I found this drawing in the head of a locomotive and can only imagine that the Conductor had a rough night and was " Caught Short" and left the drawing to tell how he felt..

Thank You !

Thank You ! I post is as exactly how it is on a train..

@@TeamDonRacing I will definitely keep watching. It was a long time ago in the 60's, but I still remember asking my dad as he left for the Yard Office for the Crew Change, " Hey Dad, don't forget your Lantern, Switch Key and Time Table." We were definitely a Railroad Family.

@@maryanngrabo4378 Great memories huh ! Thanks for sharing that.

I say that about myself when I need a shower...

Thank You !

Getting paid the same as the 'head End' crew were being paid to run the train, My Deadhead home for the same money was a nice place to be.

Heck one of those could have pulled a freight train train all by itself.

Usually only a conductor and engineer on the head end unit. Crews deadheading ride in trailing units. Usually those deadheading tried to get their own unit to stretch out and have a unit to themselves.

Thank You..It's rough but exactly how it is on a train.

Sadly no..

I started out on Sw1500's doing yard work in Memphis. Humid , Humid Memphis in the summer with NO cab A.C.

Thank You, I hope your enjoyed our perspective of Flagstaff. We always get nervous there for fear someone not paying attention will get hit. We certainly don't want to see that.. You cannot hit rewind of your mind and forget what you've seen.

I preferred deadheading on a train as I felt safer than riding in a van with a crackhead driver working for a private contractor van company.

@@TeamDonRacing yeah some crazy driver stories for sure. Like the one that drove so fast I lost an hour of overtime.

I was called to deadhead back to my home terminal on a train. If too many crews at the away from home terminal they deadhead crews home. We love it, same pay as if working the train but you just ride home on a trailing unit.

Cool

A mini payction?😆👍

The Barney Box..Round and purple.

What is it for?

@@SignalLightProductions it’s the system used to access everything about the locomotive. GPS, what throttle notch it may be in. How much air is being applied to the brake system. It even has access to the inward and outward facing cameras. As an RFE I could see everything the engineer was doing remotely.

@@LanternSignals gotcha thanks for the info! Think I'll stick with running my steam engines 😳

Your right, there is a law / rule about no cell phones in the cab. That's why he clearly stated that he was deadheading home and he is in the last trailing locomotive. In this case the phone is allowed.

@@trains365 Why the cell phone prohibition with loopholes in the first place? Just asking. Probably due to a distraction. Like here where I live recently a young lady walking down main street concentrating on her cell phone walked into a open manhole with men working signs. She was injured [lost a few teeth] and now wants to sue the city.

@@trains365 Your right, It's all good while deadheading. No one wants to ride in the lead locomotive and crowd the conductor in the brakeman seat, so the trailing units are where you want to deadhead. The 3rd or 4th units are best. The 2nd unit is usually reserved for the head end guys if they need to go do the #2.. You NEVER use your lead unit for that function unless necessary. Before the In-Cab cameras it was common practice for the conductor to run the train while the hogger " Hit the 2nd unit"...

@@user-kp2rr8xf7x The 2008 MetroLink commuter train crash . The engineer was texting and ran a Red block.It started the ban of train crews using a cell phone.