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LEGACY Control System operations
*Activating 7 or AUX1, 7 while the locomotive is in motion enables an arrival
conversation for 30 seconds. If the train stops within this time, pressing 2 will play this
special conversation.
CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements in the LEGACY
environment
I
n addition to the automatic triggering of dialog via Sequence Control mode operation (see the pre-
vious section), you may control the dialog manually.
CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements feature a variety of brief radio
conversations between the engineer and dispatcher. CrewTalk dialog is an engineer-initiated
radio conversation with the dispatcher. TowerCom announcements are a dispatcher-initiated
radio conversation with the engineer. Be sure to listen for the different combinations of words
and phrases that comprise these exchanges.
Refer to Table 1 below for the dialog commands. The dialog in the table provides
examples of the conversations you can trigger. The actual dialog will vary.
Locomotive Commands Example dialog
Stopped AUX1, 2 Crew: Ask To Depart
Tower: Deny Departure
AUX1, 7 Tower: Ask To Standby
Crew: Acknowledge
2 Crew: Ask To Depart
Tower: Approve Departure
7 Tower: Approve Departure
Crew: Acknowledge
5 or Crew: Shutdown Announcement
AUX1, 5 Shutdown sequence
AUX1, 0 Held 3 seconds. Coal loading sounds. Crew: Coal is full.
3 Water loading sounds. Crew: Water is full.
Moving 2 Recent departure. Crew: Train is underway
Tower: Acknowledge
2 Crew: Are we clear ahead?
Tower: Acknowledge
AUX1, 2 Crew: Report engine status
7 or Tower: Clear in-bound
AUX1, 7* Crew: Acknowledge
5 or Tower: Emergency stop
AUX1, 5 Crew: Acknowledge
Table 1. LEGACY Remote Controller dialog commands
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