The DPU conversation seems about right. In practice, it's not terribly hard to run once you've grown used to it, although it is subject to technical "hiccups" just like any other piece of tech. One of the biggest problems we faced here with the implementation of DPU was the lack of training. Essentially, dpu trains just "showed up" and nobody had gotten trained on using it.
I was called to recrew a freight train when the DPUs started showing up. I had never been trained on DPU, given any information about it, or how it works. I show up after deadheading to this outlawed train, which is DPU'd. So with no training, and no idea, I had to "figure it out" on a real life crash course of 106 miles. I guess I did an okay job because we arrived in one piece, but it was frustrating dealing with the typical lack of information the railroad is famous for. After the DPUs had been here a month, everyone got a DPU training class (too little, too late), and even getting that paid turned out to be a nightmare (instructor gave everyone the wrong claim code for class...)
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