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Originally Posted by Jim Horton
What would cause that?
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Railroads use what is called distributive power. Say you have a set up of 2 + 2. Two locomotives on the head end, consist A, and two locomotives on the rear, consist B. These two consists are linked, through something like Bluetooth, for a lack of better explanation. Once these consists are linked then whatever consist A does consist B does. However, if an engineer "splits the screens", meaning he/she controls these two consists independent of each other but they're still linked via "Bluetooth", then an occurrence such as stall burns can occur. One set of locomotives was not shut down when the train came to a complete stop. The wheels just kept spinning and ground their way down into the rail. You can see farther downs the track six more divots from the other truck. In this case there may have only been one locomotive pushing.
