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Help from a real railroader - What is "Bottling the Air"?

While riding the train at Starsburg I overheard to people say that they "Bottle the Air" when running the locomotive around the train.  This saves them time.  One of them said it is illegal and they are very surprised that they do this.  He said if something were to happen while the locomotive wasn't attached that the train can roll into the NS mainline.

So can someone explain what bottling the air means?  Is it illegal?  If so would Strasburg actually do this?

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