locomotive cooling system 104 when the locomotive 102 is not being operated is shown and includes obtaining the locomotive 102 having an automated engine control device 110 and a temperature sensing device 112 as shown in block 202 the automated engine control device 110 is associated with the locomotive engine 102 and the temperature sensing device 112 is associated with the locomotive cooling system 104 temperature data responsive to the temperature of the cooling fluid 160 is generated using temperature sensing device 112 as shown in block 204 it should be appreciated that temperature sensing device 112 may also be able to measure the temperature of the ambient air external to the locomotive 102 and include that ambient temperature into the temperature data the temperature data is communicated with the automated engine control device 110 as shown in block 206 and the locomotive engine 102 is controlled via the automated engine control device 110 responsive to the temperature data it should be appreciated that if the temperature data reaches a predetermined temperature threshold value the automated engine control device 110 causes the locomotive engine 102 to react in a predetermined manner such as causes the engine to start up or shut down referring to fig3 a and fig3 b a block diagram illustrating an overall system design for an automated summer winter door aswd system 300 is shown and includes a locomotive 302 having a locomotive structure 304 defining a locomotive engine cavity 306 and a locomotive engine cavity outlet port 308 an aswd device 310 is provided and includes a device door 312 configurable between an engaged configuration 314.