Riding to a Stop

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Jeff Leaman	General	Not safet. He could very easily fall in front to the car if it came to a sudden stop.	1/25/2009 10:02:32 PM

Stephen Gose	General	Hey, Jeff, the brakie is riding a single boxcar, not the @ss end of a train movement. The car was kicked into the yard, and the brakie is in control of it's movement with the hand brake......	2/17/2009 10:19:34 AM

Stephen Gose	General	In addition, this could be 1,2 or 3 coupled cars that were kicked into the yard. Many brakies, including myself when I worked the rails at the Soo/CP, were at the forward brake wheel (like this guy is) many times to stop a kicked switch/yard move like this at the proper spot.....very old news.	2/17/2009 10:28:08 AM

Riding to a Stop
A Soo Line brakeman is riding a boxcar and controlling the brake in the yard at East Houghton. (date not exact)
Date: 4/1/1975	Location: Houghton, MI Map	Views: 987	Collection Of: Rob Kitchen
			Author: Rob Kitchen

Picture Categories:		This picture is part of album: RailPictures 1970s-1980s

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