handbrakes's Usage Examples:

downhill gradient, it was necessary to stop the train and "pin down" the handbrakes on some of the wagons before proceeding.

stick (imagine a square ended baseball bat; it was used to lever down the handbrakes of wagons by placing it under the solebar and applying downward pressure).

"attention" signal o Zp 2 - Tighten handbrakes.

by R6 # 1236, which also suffered extensive damage as well after its handbrakes failed at Church Avenue station on the southbound express track between.

Trains descended the tunnel under gravity, controlled by two men operating handbrakes in two front wagons.

handbrake/parking brake; in motorsport rally, drivers would refer to their hydraulic handbrakes as "the wand".

It is reported that the handbrakes on the carriages had not been applied.

o o Zp 3 - Strongly tighten handbrakes.

This version has an adjustable cushion and handlebars, with dual handbrakes.

many of the buses are known to operate without such basic equipment as handbrakes and speedometers.

up to eight trains a day would run down the Incline, relying only on handbrakes to avoid a runaway.

The coaches, which had no handbrakes, overrode chocks placed against two wheels.

this has caused train wrecks: Lac-Mégantic derailment, Quebec (2013), handbrakes were improperly set on unattended parked crude oil train, runaway tank.