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SpaceMouse
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December 2004
From: Rimrock, Arizona
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A Double Header
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SpaceMouse
on Sunday, June 19, 2005 12:59 PM
I notice that most doble headed MU's put the first loco forward and the second reversed. But that is not always the case, just most of the time. MY guess is that it is just which ever way ti is pointed. Still most of the time it's back to back.
Is there a reason one way or the other?
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Anonymous
on Sunday, June 19, 2005 1:24 PM
They are put back-to-back generaly because if the train is running down a branchline with no way to turn the entire train around on it's return run, (like when the train comes into Kelowna every day) The lead engine will always be pointing forward:
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