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Bold move, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off.

Conductor here. From what I understand he had 5 locos and all of them were shut down. If that's the case then there would be no air flowing from the locomotives to the cars which would keep brake pressure applied. HOWEVER the railroad I work for requires you to apply handbrakes to an unattended train and test to make sure nothing goes anywhere. There are hand brakes on the locomotives as well as the freight cars.

CN and CP are also Class 1

Hmm this sounds familiar now that I think about it. I was a fucking horrible employee to my lower managers. Called in sick all the time, showed up late sometimes because of school and football, half assed closing to a bare minimum of what needed to be done just so I could leave earlier. Hell I even put in a vacation request to be gone for an entire month. My boss told me I couldn't do it and I told him "I'm going whether I have a job when I get back or not". They let me have the vacation time. I always wondered why the fuck they never fired me and I guess it was because I sold a ton of merchandise with warranties as well as coerced people into memberships and credit cards. Like a very noticeable amount more than other employees. Looking back I realize what a shitty person I was but it's even worse that the company let me get away with it just for being a smooth salesman.