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some older engines do not have alerters installed. the alerter is a rather new invention, it's been with us for many years but a lot of old engines still in use within yards do not have them. When an engineer leaves a cab of any engine they are to set the brakes, center the reverser, and shut the generator feild off. If the engine is shut down, brakes applied to head locomotive. Air alone is not to be relied on to hold a train. If the engineer was ill of injured and could not do any of these things then another engineer would be asked by a yardmaster and/or trainmaster to secure the train, a lot of times the conductor or brakeman will do it, under some supervision by the engineer to speed up the proccess. If in an emergency setting if all else failes set the train in emergency application of the air. It will be very INTERESTING to find out what really happened IF CSX will even tell!!
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