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Murph - That's pretty much how flat switching works. You bleed the cars off to release the brakes, then you loco pulls out a track and you begin switching. Depending upon the yard and your comfort level you may ride a car back in each track and tie a handbrake on it before you begin kicking cars into the tracks you are using to classify cars. But you do run along side the cars and another crew member will usually line up your tracks for whatever you are kicking. Then you tell the engineer by radio or handsignal to give a kick and he widens the throttle as he deems necessary. You run alongside dodging switchstands holding the cutting lever up and tell the engineer to stop when you are going fast enough. The car rolls free into its track, you back up, your switchman lines you up for the next car (you both have a switchlist so he knows what will go where too) and you repeat the process until you have switched your cars or until the end of your shift.
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