The lead locomotives are cabled together. The mid or end of train locomotives are radio controlled.
On Sun, Aug 22, 2021, at 12:42 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > I was just watching the railfan live feeds in Flagstaff and it’s amazing to > me the size of the freight trains that go through there. I just saw one that > was nearly all intermodal traffic (containers stacked two high on a rail car) > that had 191 cars. Four locomotives up front and three in the middle. > > It would be interesting to know how they control the power units and keep > everything synchronized. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vkLsRK4N8A > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnotRrW1udI > > -D > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
