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Now you are on the right track.  Using those CVs alone should do the trick.  Be sure that CV 3 and CV4 are set still to 0 (the default) so that there is no difference in acceleration and deceleration rate while speed matching.  These rates, which should be sort of matched too, can be done later. Everyone has his methods.  I like to get both locos set to an identical prototypical top speed first using CV 5.  I do this separately for the locos. For your F units that would be 65 scale miles per hour...or travelling 3 feet in 2.7 seconds or 6 feet in 5.4 seconds.  I have some 3 foot posters along one wall that are handy in helping me with this calculation. Then I consist them and start setting the starting point CV 2 for each so that they begin crawling at the same time and then try setting the mid speed. Your locos might not be as far off as they seem.  With the B pulling a train, the loosed A unit would naturally make it around the circuit noticeably faster.
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