• Turn on ATC and Alerter on panel on top of rear cabin
• Sit in driver's seat
• Put key in on position
• Move reverser to neutral position
• Headlights on (lower left), markers off (upper left switches)
• Move controller to max brake
• Charge brakes - button just to right and below throttle
• Turn on cab light if you wish - white rocker switch above alerter acknowledge lever
• Check that interior saloon lights are on - right switch on panel top left of windscreen
• Wipers knob above horn button on left wall panel
• Put door key in - top right of windscreen
• Turn key to left - doors and comm.
• Unlock rearward doors - in real life done by conductor further back in train
• Lock rearward doors
• You can take take the key out as the driver would not normally control the doors
• When you want to reduce throttle setting from say 4 to 3, you have to go back to 0 and reapply to 3
• Q does not acknowledge ATC. You have to use the mouse. Q does work for dead man pedal

Avanced

• Accelerate to 2 - 3 mph and perform a brake check
• LIRR mandate a second brake test at 30mph

• Apply more than 40% braking then acknowledge within 7 seconds