Re: NR Push Pull Diesels

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

nobody <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> The economic advantave of push/pull or locotrol or whatever it is is that
it
> enables longer trains. The longer the train is the more cost efficient it
> is. However I find it strange for them to practise this on an open coal
> train - they stopped running diesels behind steam locomotives because to
> much coal dust got in the works.
>
> Brendan


In the US they run most trains with mid train helpers/Locotrol/Distributed
Power on OPEN (as you put it) coal trains, whilst I don't know of the
circumstances you are talking about re: running diesels behind steam, I
might suggest that the coal dust theory in more a crew complain thing than
coal dust getting in the works??

Bob.