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- From: macman+@pitt.edu (Dennis H Lippert)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: ? about engine sets
- Message-ID: <2540@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 14:54:06 GMT
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- In article <1k10miINNqc2@iraul1.ira.uka.de> S_KOEHLER@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Tobias Koehler) writes:
- >I live in Central Europe. Here the things are quite different ....
- >
- >Here in Europe, double traction is regarded uneconomic.
- >In Germany only some heavy freight trains are pulled by two electric locomo-
- >tives. On Diesel lines you can often see two locomotives pulling freight or
-
- Rememner, that the US commonly runs 15,000 Ton trains... sometimes much
- higher. I think this is *much* heavier than European norms.
-
- >Are there still turning plates used in America for turning Diesel locomotives?
- >Here in Europe most of them are not in service any more.
-
- Yes, but usually only at major yards... for serviceing purposes, and for
- making loco sets with cabs at both ends.
-
- >Is there an american standard for the cables that transmit the signals from
- >the front cab to the other locomotive(s)? This is one of the problems that
- Yes, most US diesels have had standard connections since the 1940's.
-
- Den
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