Ray...I'm not an engineer...let alone a steam engineer....but I've read quite a
few of the old RAILROAD MAGAZINES and have some idea of the procedures
used....I don't have time now, but later this evening I'll discourse a bit and
then some of those guys with real experience like Karl and Bob Campbell can
come along and "straighten things out".
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: Ray bedard <tczephyr@hotmail.com>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 9:39 am
Subject: [CBQ] Double Heading Steam
have always wondered how the railroads, I mean the engineers & firemen,
perated a double header. I know that each engineer operates his engine separate
rom the other engineer, but how did they coordinate the start up, increases and
ecreases in speed and stopping?
Were there some kind of signals between engineers to let them know when changes
n speed were being done. How did they know that one engine was, say, running at
0 mph and the other would match that. I have never seen anything about this in
ny mags.
I am more curious about this when the 2nd engine was at the rear of the train.
f not coordinated properly, the pusher could easily run the consist into the
ead engine causing a derailment.
Thanks,
Ray Bedard
San Jose CA
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