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| (...) That, and it was the only way I could come up with doing it, even after working on it for quite a while. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) A slug runs off the excess current produced by the unit it is mated to. Slugs are used in low-speed service such as switching in a yard, where tractive effort is more important than speed. The vast majority of slugs are old locomotives cut (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I'm not sure what CN units you're referring to. (...) No. If they're cut down, they're definitely slugs. Slugs don't need the prime mover, radiator, blowers, dynamic brake vents and cooling fans, etc., since they've been castrated. This GP60B (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Dual main lines?
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| (...) Here's the town, bridge and switching yard as I currently have them. (URL) the moment, my method of running multiple trains is just that - run multiple trains on the one main loop. It's so long that two or three trains can run on it for quite (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Strangely, these look like "full-height" units...I say it's odd only because I've only seen this one other time, in Edmonton, and the CN units were between 1/2 and 2/3 as tall as normal units. It seemed like you could put them in front of a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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