Re: Push-pull

[dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Tezza (tezza@atinet.com.au) wrote:

> David Bromage wrote in message <6ouo5f$973$2@news.mel.aone.net.au>...
> >Tezza (tezza@atinet.com.au) wrote:
> >> Some ballast/spoil/work trains in Sydney. The wheat trippy sometimes.
> >
> >Is that technically push-pull? My understanding of the term is that you
> >power from both ends at once, controlled by one driver. Otherwise you're
> >just banking.

> That's how it's always referred to, even in Safeworking manuals.

Which doesn't really mean anything. :)

What is described with respect to the wheat and coal trains sounds like
mere dead hauling of locomotives at the end of the train. Push-pull
implies that the locos at each end are somehow MU'd like an XPT (or the
poor man's variety in Victoria). 

Cheers
David