Questions

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Dominic:
Steam engines operating together on the same train were "synched" the way they always were -- by the touch of the engineers' hands in concert with whistle and hand signals and perhaps, toward the end, radio on roads like the Pennsy that were playing with that technology toward steam's end. Otherwise, it was experience and knowing what to and when to work 2 or more engines together without tearing a train apart.

Andre Jackson

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>NW Mailing List wrote:

>> Hello Everyone,

>> I have just moved and have not got my dish hooked up yet.  I have been 

>> watching some DVDs I have recorded off tv.  Some of the shows have 

>> experts from this list including another ex 64 GTO driver.

>> After watching these DVDs, I have two questions:

>>

>> 1:  How did they synchronize the steam engines in the double headed 

>> and/or pusher configurations to get them to work together?

>>

>> 2:  How do they do the same thing with Diesels?

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>In connection with Q. 2, http://www.railway-technical.com/us-musp.shtml 

>should help.

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>Dominic, London

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