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Old 05-24-2019, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by For The Love of Music View Post
I agree that’s pretty cool - here’s a question, the was an engine in the front and one in the back - how do they synchronize speed, push and pull and more so how did the synchronize back in the day?
The short answer is: There was a certain degree of wheel slippage but for the most part it was like a team of horses... each pulling their own share of weight. For the more technical explanation: http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewt...p?f=9&t=150624
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