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Remote control steam locomotives

Discussie in 'Steam Traction' gestart door flying scotsman123, 16 dec 2014.

  1. BrightonBaltic

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    Now that really is a kettle!
     
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    marshall5 Part of the furniture

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    IIRC the batch of oil-fired ng rack locos that SLM built in the 90's had some form of automatic boiler management so they could be one man operated. Ray.
     
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    Only EP control of peripherals, though. Unless I've misread it, I don't think there is any auto control of the fundamentally important controls.
     

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