Only caption I can think for this picture is... “Hey Vern, Did you set the brakes like I showed you?”
Do you think this was one of those remote control units or a rookie engineer or what happens if you comeback to work after a hard party weekend or what happens when you get turn down for the 5th time for a pay raise,or this is as close as this person has ever come to scoring a hole in one because he/she love golf but aren't any good at the game? Or just maybe sam was at Cumberland yard that day.lol...
The locomotive was in for brake work at the time (2005), apparently when they were trying to move it, it got away and ran into the pit.
Don't locomotives like this have 3 brake systems? Direct brakes Air brakes Independent brakes Brakewheel Emergency brakes