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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 258759" data-attributes="member: 10543">I've found that if I'm in unfamiliar territory, an employee timetable (or Internet research) is a handy thing to have on hand to reference mileposts, locations and train numbers that may be called out.  Otherwise, I'm sometimes at a loss as to explain what is happening.  I also monitor the End-Of-Train device frequencies, as they regularly broadcast a brief packet of data to the locomotive and the noise (a burst of tones) is a good indicator that something is very close by.Knowing how to read lineside block signals is a big help too.</blockquote>