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<p>A side note on current prototype practices,  I was in Palmer, Ma a few months ago and the short line crew was setting out some cars in the freight yard.  I noticed the brakeman/switchman/conductor(guy on the ground) was using a boat hook to set brake wheels.  I asked him about it being a curious person and found that it was his companies policy to not step between cars, so you have to use a boat hook or similar implement to set the brakes.</p>
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