How to Stop a Train

I saw these instructions at the Colorado Railroad Museum instructing the train conductor how to stop the train. It was located up in the cupola of the caboose. I thought he would know how to do this. You would think it would be intuitive to keep increasing the handle until the train stops!

[Ian Fisher]

Fascinating! - I would think with a full brake application he would have to hang on tight!

[Bob]

@if1 Ian, I thought this was humorous...or maybe scary!

[Ian Fisher]

@bobhuegel

and certainly complicated!

[Paula]

Good to know! :)

[Bob]

@paulavdmerwe Thank you Paula. I've always wanted to know how to stop a train!

[❀ Lynn]

Haha....hope he's got enough seconds! Fun find Bob, thanks for sharing.

[Anatoly]

Nice shot and a very detailed instruction to stop the train! It certainly differs of nowadays instructions for such actions.

[Bob]

@anden Anatoly, today they don't even use a caboose on trains. The engineer does all the stopping.

[Anndee]

Not sure how you found this, but great capture!

[Linda Webb]

Okay, that's a lot of confusing reading in an emergency! And yes, hopefully they came pre-trained on how to STOP it! :)

[Bob]

@anndee I found this above my grandson's head looking up in the caboose.