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The Missabe Road: Safety First
QUOTE: Originally posted by Overmod Is your question more directed toward "can an engineer restrict the number of units in a consist that respond to throttle-up, in order to save fuel, while maintaining full dynamic-brake actuation on all units"?
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken You don't engage too many d/b's (especially extended range d/b's) unless you want to run the rail out from under the train like so-much spaghetti. You're gonna come face to face with one roadmaster and a road foreman of engines that are going to want your head on a stick and your butt nailed to the floor. ... (for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction....think about it!) [banghead][banghead][banghead]
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
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