11-24-2009, 09:27 AM
They certainly did that in Britain, anyway, up to at least the end of the steam era - they were very slow about adopting any sort of continuous brake.
Fan of late and early Conrail... also 40s-50s PRR, 70s ATSF, BN and SP, 70s-80s eastern CN, pre-merger-era UP, heavy electric operations in general, dieselized narrow gauge, era 3/4 DB and DR, EFVM and Brazilian railroads in general... too many to list!