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Posted by joe323 on Monday, August 27, 2018 6:30 AM

A question in the electronic forum about speed matching locomotives leads me to ask since the prototypes MU all the time how do they speed match?

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Posted by dehusman on Monday, August 27, 2018 7:07 AM

They don't.

They have a completely different drive system.  They control the speed of the diesel engine that creates the electricity, in the model we control the electricity going to the actual "traction motor".

Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com

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