amtrakmichigan
Lead Service Attendant
The lever found overhead mounted in a corner of a passenger car that is marked with a red decal and white lettering that states "Brake....for emergency use only",what Exactly does this do when pulled? Obviously someone wouldn't want to pull it just to find out. But activating this emergency device does it automatically send the train into emergency braking on the spot or does it just simply send a signal to the engineer to stop the train? Always wondered about this.