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[SuperSpeedMaglev]

Have four-headers been mentioned here? :heheWhy you'd need Four Headers, I don't know.. )

 

[bendorsey]

5 locomotives to haul; 10 or 11 cars? That must be one heck of a grade.

Ben

 

[505657j]

That's soldier summit, most if not all trains need helpers going through there, and it appears to be engines no bigger than a 2-8-0 variety

 

[BigBoyFan4006]

I've heard stories where the D&GR had to use four 2-8-0s to pull four loaded gondolas, and it may have been on that line.

 

[jjanmarine3]

Google and check out Steam up in the Mountains by Golden Rail videos.
North America logging - 5 loco quintuple header geared locomotives.
Cool !going to get me that DVD.

 

[SuperSpeedMaglev]

5, 10, a big fat hen.. :hehe: The name's Bender.. :hehe:

-Bender, Futurama(I actually think he said 9 though.. not 5.. :hehe



To keep this post on topic, I do wonder what the max number of headers were used..