The new normal- burn baby, burn.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

It looks to me like BNSF is intentionally creating a lack of employees, probably to help push acceptance of no-crew automated trains.

At least they won't be able to blame the employees when a train goes awry and destroys property of kills people.

Maybe not no-crew, yet, but definitely trying to create artificial scarcity to drive acceptance of one person crews.

And one person crews will make the entire situation even MORE miserable.

[Maletrain]

There are already stories about automated trucks on the highways, being tested with a "driver" sitting there watching for issues.  It should be a lot easier on rails.

Maybe some day, model railroaders will be in demand as sit-at-home/work-from-home "engineers" running real trains from afar? 

[Pomperaugrr]

There are already stories about automated trucks on the highways, being tested with a "driver" sitting there watching for issues.  It should be a lot easier on rails.

Maybe some day, model railroaders will be in demand as sit-at-home/work-from-home "engineers" running real trains from afar? 

Seeing the way so many "model railroaders" run their layouts, the scenario you jokingly bring up scares the hell out of me!.   

[Ed Kapuscinski]

"Give me three step"

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"