Re: dutch drop
Tom Jones III <tomtherailnut@...>
This is a "drop". The "Dutch Drop" has the loco speed ahead, throw a switch,
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then loco REVERSES and goes hidey-hole into the spur, switch thrown again, and car rolls past. Its that reversing that gets interesting! Nothing like having your locomotive heading back toward a rolling car to get your attention. Tom
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My impression of the Dutch Drop was that, to get a car into a facingpoint spur, the engine sped up and then the car to be dropped was
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