Longest train

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>i do agree that the remote operation of the units was not a success in

>general service, and disappeared rather quickly. I believe that the

>Russians ran an even longer train (600 cars?) and the N&W ultimately

>gave up trying.

>

>Ken Miller



Learn something new everyday!  Do the magazines show any pictures of the 
units, clear enough to discern road numbers?  Good thing the articles 
mention radio break-up in the tunnels, as this was (and still is) the reason 
I've heard that remotes (and now DPU) aren't used on the Pokey... not that 
they can't, just that installing and maintaining the repeater stations 
necessary for fluid operations.

N&W held the record for quite some time, at least till the late 90s.  BHP 
Billiton in Australia was the road that broke the record... I've heard the 
reason they didn'yt continue with them was that they realized that running 
those long trains wasn't very effective as no yard could take and classify 
them as efficiently as smaller trains.

Take care,
Robb Fisher