Re: 3801&3830

[mylorace@aol.com (Mylorace)]

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>"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?

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>"Neil O'Connor" <neil_oconnor@nospam.acslink.net.au> wrote in message
>3AEB6F2A.E87C50A3@nospam.acslink.net.au">news:3AEB6F2A.E87C50A3@nospam.acslink.net.au...
>> 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?

Thanks for asking this question, I too, would like to know, and have been
wondering for ages !
Mylo.