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And more push-pull...... 1. LIRR basically started the converted loco cab unit approach when it demotored and de-engined a bunch of FA's and stuck them on the rear of their diesel-hauled trains. 2. Texas Utilities' (now TXU Energy, for those of you in deregulated states) lignite mining subsidiary runs several dedicated intermediate-haul electric and diesel railways at power plants where the unit trains operate push-pull with Ortner rapid discharge hoppers and NO loop tracks (just point-to-point), using a cab car on the rear and radio control rather than MU cables down the train. They've been doing it successfully for over 20 years with little or no significant problems, including radio control from the single (!) operating crewman on the ground and from the tipple controller at loading. Of course, their union is IBEW, and I guess they just didn't know that everybody knows it couldn't be done. 3. The GRR/GREX dump train (these get sold and/or leased out all over the country) can also be set up for push-pull operation.
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