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[quote user="wsherrick"] We move freight cars by hand all of the time at my job.  It's called doing a roll by.  One person stands by the switch and the other person has a long pole with a hinge on the end connected to a wedge.  You use this tool if the boxcar won't roll on its own.  The wedge is placed under the rear truck wheel and the car is forced to start rolling this way.  Once the car starts rolling you hop on the rolling car then tighten the hand brake down enough to control the speed as you roll through the switch.  After the switch is cleared then you either tighten the hand brake enough to stop or reach down and pull open the anglecock closest to you to dump the air to stop the car from rolling, that is if the car has the air bottled.  Bottled means that you have air on the car and it is in release.  Opening the anglecock releases the trapped air and the brakes set by going into emergency.This is a dangerous procedure and is done only when necessary. [/quote]I wouldn't go advertising on here that you bottle air. It's illegal and the FRA frowns upon it.
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