[A. Patriot]

Yeah. It's called a "Deadman's Pedal". If it isn't being stepped on, the train is supposed to stop. Apparently they don't always work.

Maybe it was disabled?????

Had a brick or something else heavy on it???

Just idle speculation.

[ChewedGum]

Yeah. It's called a "Deadman's Pedal". If it isn't being stepped on, the train is supposed to stop. Apparently they don't always work.

What if the engineer had a heart attack and collapsed right there onto the pedal. That would be ironic.

Gum

[CindyDawg]

I thought this was an older article at first. Remember that yard train a year or so ago that took off? I don't know much about trains except that when I travel to reserve a sleeper lol, but maybe they all don't have this pedal.