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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by freddynchicago</i> <br /><br />I rode the top of 40 footers that still had staff brakes w/dogs; and I hired out in 1971 at the age of 19. <br />[/quote] <br />I beleive what they are talking about is the fact that Brakemen rode the tops of the train almost the entire trip to help with the braking of the train, not just to pass signals and tie a brake going to spot. That practice of helping to brake the train from the tops of the cars was stopped before I hired out as a brakeman on the SP in 1966. <br /> <br /> <br />Virlon <br />save your ticket....the P.E. will rise again.
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