[Scan-DC] Re: VRE runaway locomotive

[b_thom at juno.com]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:25:29 -0700 (PDT) JOHN ANTONELLI
<johnantonelli at verizon.net> writes:
> I wonder HOW they stopped the train.

My thought too, but I figure only some of the brake shoes had been
removed, not all of them. On my car, I do only one brake at a time.
Probably true for working on locomotives. When the CSX crew hopped on the
locomotive, they were able to apply the brakes.