I asked this crew, they said in this case the head unit does most of the work, the trailing engine is mostly just applying enough power to shift it's own weight. Either engine is more than powerful enough to carry the whole train solo, so it is double-header power where a single engine is more than enough. The Ten Wheeler did most of the work on the outward journey while the Consolidation pulled most of the load back home.
@@Rainhill1829 True doubleheaders - as in, a second locomotive being used as a head-end helper, are rare in the 21st century, the closest to real steam helper operations you might see in 2019 would be on the two surviving sections of the D&RGW narrow gauge down in Colorado, the grades are steep enough and the trains long enough, that you could probably justify a second locomotive for reasons other than just looking cool.
Fantastic Doubleheader.
Indeed!
Nice to see 41 again. Went on an excursion behind her in 2017, but lost the phone that had all of my pictures on it.
Wow a Canadian national and Baldwin locomotive double headed, that is cool😎
It took a lot of work but it was worth it.
Wow that's a pretty rare even!! Not often that you see trains have to double head especially old steamers
Definitely a rarity we are not going to see again here for a while .
what whistles does 41 have, cant think of any but i love the sound of it
I can find out but i almost think it came off a small steamboat.
How do they synchronize the operation of two units? Trial and error?
Robert Heinkel always wondered the same thing
Both locomotives have active engineers. The second locomotive responds to the first and is adjusting power to the needs of the train.
I asked this crew, they said in this case the head unit does most of the work, the trailing engine is mostly just applying enough power to shift it's own weight. Either engine is more than powerful enough to carry the whole train solo, so it is double-header power where a single engine is more than enough. The Ten Wheeler did most of the work on the outward journey while the Consolidation pulled most of the load back home.
@@Rainhill1829 True doubleheaders - as in, a second locomotive being used as a head-end helper, are rare in the 21st century, the closest to real steam helper operations you might see in 2019 would be on the two surviving sections of the D&RGW narrow gauge down in Colorado, the grades are steep enough and the trains long enough, that you could probably justify a second locomotive for reasons other than just looking cool.