John Albert  wrote:
> On 8/22/14 4:10 PM, mroberds@att.net wrote:
>> Sometimes it gets a little bit cold in Canada.  If the automatic
>> brakes were applied, you'd have all the brake shoes on the train
>> pressed against all the wheels, possibly for many hours
>
> This happened in July, right?

Yes.

> Even in Canada, the brake system isn't going to freeze up at that
> time of year.

True.  However, the CPR rulebook I found online didn't make any
distinction between operating in the summer, winter, spring, fall - the
automatic brakes are supposed to be released when leaving the train.  I
was trying to come up with ideas why the rule might have been written
that way, rather than saying why it might have been a good or bad idea
to apply the brakes in this particular case.

Matt Roberds

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