10/24/2018 - Presentation #2

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  1. Eric HagstromOctober 30, 2018 at 11:47 AM

    Full Scale Controls Team,

    I have watched your presentation (via youtube), and am impressed on the progress made. Please keep it up, AND motivate the rest of your full scale sub-teams to catch up as well. Some of your full scale teams are FAR behind, please help them since you all rely on each other to have a successfully integrated project in the end. Please champion this request. Your team, and the steering and e-brake team and articulation full scale team are ahead of the curve. Keep it up.

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    1. Eric HagstromOctober 30, 2018 at 12:10 PM

      **and full scale wayside team! They are doing great as well.

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