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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy What RedLeader was asking was what is the main difference between these locomotives and regular railroad locos. Unfortunately, the articles I found don't talk specifically about the engines themselves. [/quote] Hmm..that link point to them running on 5' gauge rail (compared to standard rail of 4 feet, 8.5 inches) and having traction equipment. so it may have a geared rail system and considering some of the grades shown in the picutres, it would pretty much have to have at least a cable system to get up them. Biggest difference seems to be their track gauge. EDIT: going to this site http://www.pancanal.com/eng/projects/locomotive.html shows a remarkable feature of the sytem, there is a third raises and groved rail in the center, and as i suspect this would be the cog rail. you can see the two stamdard rails are lower and in the ground, but the centeral rail is raised to enter the body of the Mule. So now we have gauge and a Third rail Cog System as the major differences.
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