Another fool tries to standup on coaster

> Am I the only one who has a problem with the original posters
> "story" ?

No, you're not alone. It pegged my BS meter too. Also consider the
source (the poster was relaying a story from a DIS board).

C. Montgomery Burns

lisa4 wrote:

> which could in turn lead to a lot more trim brakes to stop trains in
> an emergency.

Can trim brakes fully stop a train? I thought I read somewhere that they can only slow down a train, but not stop one.

> Blocking points are the only practical places to stop a train on a
> coaster. You don't stop trains in places where you can't roll them
> home again unless you are Anton Schwarzkopf and you remembered to
> include a winch on your mid-course block brake [Footnote 1].

> Footnote 1: The Wildcat model has an uphill block brake at the
> center of the ride. A winch is attached behind the top of that
> hill, and the winch cable is stowed already deployed and ready to
> attach to the back of the car with a quick-release hook.

This is probably a silly question, but I can't tell from this
description: is the procedure automated or does (as I suspect)
a real live human being have to climb up there and make and check
the attachment, turn on the winch, etc.?

-- William December Starr <wdstarr@panix.com>