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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Jetrock</i> <br /><br />Actually, NO, you can put two locos in tandem facing in opposite directions and they will both travel in the same direction. The locomotives should be identical (under the hood, at least) but yes, they will travel the same way facing opposite directions. <br /> <br />Remember--the polarity reaching the motor is backwards, but SO IS THE LOCOMOTIVE! So the two "backwards" things cancel each other out. Go out to your layout RIGHT NOW and try it--run a locomotive, turn it around using the ol' 0-5-0 switcher, and turn on the juice...it will go the same way it was going when you stopped it, NOT in the opposite direction. <br /> <br />With DCC, you can "slave" two locomotives together but I don't know the details...the plus is that you can slave two very different locos together, while with DC you want to use identical (under the hood, at least) locomotives. Lashing up your speed-demon diesel with, say, a Shay with a maximum speed of 20 MPH will have bad results... <br />[/quote] Thanks for the info, Jet. I was about to ask a similar question. Looks like I won't need too many dummy locos after all.
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