One should never take comments on CNN, ESPN, or YouTube seriously, but this one might have some merit...
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I'm a Locomotive Engineer and this story makes no sense. If a crew leaves a train unattended, we "tie it down" meaning we apply the loco handbrakes as well as enough handbrakes on the cars to secure the train. If someone came along and shut the loco down it would not have any effect on the brakes as the handbrake would be holding it once the air brakes leaked off. Newer locos have a spring that actuates the hand brake as the air leaks off. Either the crew did not tie the train down properly or someone came along and deliberately released the brakes. Killing a loco does not release the brakes.
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