Why do diesel-electric locomotives still use "notch" load control?

[smithsb]

@split_p_j

Yes, I’m a road engineer at a major Class 1 U.S. railroad. I’m also a long time flight simmer and watch a lot of the pilot vlogs on youtube and have also noticed many similarities.

My company actually used the sterile cockpit concept, and told us it was a safety measure they adopted directly from the airlines when the first rolled it out. We call our version sterile cab.

Maybe I will start a thread.

Here’s the old thread from 2013 for some the topics covered. New stuff would be great. Ask a train engineer