09-11-2013, 02:09 PM
doctorwayne Wrote:Some railroads in the states are doing this too. The advantage being you can MU it to any locomotive and have remote control capability.cn nutbar Wrote:....
Supposedly, these (there are a number of them) are "mother" units for (mostly) SD40-2s used in hump service. They have no prime mover nor any traction motors, and are used solely for housing the remote control equipment for controlling the companion larger locomotive. Seems kinda redundant, as CP operates lots of remotely-controlled locomotives using equipment housed in the controlled-locomotives.
Wayne