I need a question answered… how does a brakeman “tie down a retainer” ??
Virlon
save your ticket… the P.E. will rise again.
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.
Virlon
save your ticket…the P.E. will rise again.