From: lfsheldon@gmail.com   
      
   On 7/20/2014 11:05 PM, Glen Labah wrote:   
      
   > Amtrak typically has several crew members on hand.  There was only one   
   > crew member on this train.  Seems like this process would be far easier   
   > with multiple crew on hand.   
      
   I have no idea if it could be done, or it it would work, but what about   
   putting a set of metal chocks-with-chains-around-the-rails behind the   
   last wheels of the train, push the slack against the those chocks and   
   hold the train there with the engine brakes and then install a similar   
   set of chocks in front of the leading wheels.   
      
   I know that SP used wooden chocks (less chains) like that on the   
   passenger trains at Townsend Street (and just yanked the train over them   
   on departure).   
      
      
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