Although to be slightly more fair, the real root cause is the fact there was an undetected leak in loco brake. That was down to an omission in regulations, so that's a problem for management and the whomever is meant to be regulating IE to ensure they are safely operating trains(RSC?). As a user of train sims and having some interest in trains, I would have thought as the driver did, simply applying the straight air brake should keep the LE loco from going anywhere for as long as it takes to operate a set of points(in the absence of a leak). But I'm not paid a comparatively high salary and issued a book of procedures to read and follow as he is.
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