Re: 3801&3830

["Rjaygee" <dartmouthmotel@bigpond.com>]

Just returned from Maitland and I understand that 3830 has a mechanical
problem and could not complete its trips for the day.
Cheers
Rod Gayford

"Neil O'Connor" <neil_oconnor@nospam.acslink.net.au> wrote in message
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> I watched 3801&3830 climb out of Fassifern yesterday on the way to
> Maitland SteamFest
> - a wonderful sight and sound.
>
> I was wondering about the difficulties of running two steam locomotives
> together. Like:
> - How do they ensure they are working together rather than against each
> other. For instance,
>   if the driver in the leading loco wants to to slow down how is that
> communicated to the
>   rear loco driver so he doesn't keep pushing "full steam ahead" so to
> speak?
> - How do they get the powering right so they are both doing roughly half
> the work?
> - I suppose radios are used for communication today, but how was it done
> before the advent
>   of such technology?
>
> Neil.
>