I'm going to visit the train, in Oakland this weekend. I think it is the 40th anniversay Amtrak museum train. I believe it has crossed the US, or is going to. Not sure of the schedule. I wonder about the engineer. Do they have one or two guys take this train all the way, or do they pick up local engineers every so many miles? How do they do that? Can an engineer take a train through an area where he has never been before? Between dispatchers and signals I would think it could be done but don't know???