If no control in one minute, then the emergency brake engages and the train stops.
There are also pnumatic drum brakes, although they are only used for parking, braking form the back end and for a passenger-induced emergency brake.
Upon noticing the signal, the driver made an emergency brake application but could only decrease the speed to before the train entered the turnout.
The car contains a unique emergency brake handle near the shifter that allowed the stunt driver quick access to locking the rear brakes at will.
This is akin to letting off the emergency brake a bit.
There are many of emergency brake-fail areas, where cars that suffer brake failure can slow down by rolling into an upward hill full of pebbles.
They have a service brake and an emergency brake.
In the process of skidding off at the command of the captain the flight engineer turned off the engines by means of the emergency brake.
