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Western Thunderer
From a coversation I was having last night, the question arouse as to how you would double head two Western engines with regard to Braking, as the lead engine would be responsable for braking and stopping the train, but both engines would have a maintaing pump, so if the lead engine is braking and the driver is destroying the vacuum , what is peventing the second engine from trying to create a vacuum and thus reducing the effect of the brake application of the driver of the lead engine, would the driver be relying on the retaining valve on the second engine?
thanks in advance
J.P.
thanks in advance
J.P.