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They did not need any locomotives to be running if sufficient handbrakes had been applied as required.  As I understand it, the only reason to leave an engine running to pump air is to avoid the requirement and effort to perform a terminal air brake test before leaving the next day.   However, Mr. Burkhardt seems to believe that the reason to leave an engine running is to hold the train in place by keeping air brakes applied.  In the wake of the disaster, he even concludes that leaving two engines running would be a better policy, so one engine can act as a backup.  When the top guy demonstrates that degree of misunderstanding of train securement, it tells me that there is a good chance that something is wrong with their train securement rules.
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