—” i thought it prolly takes a real driver not to smoke a clutch getting that train moving”
A friend’s father was a train engineer, he explained how you do not simply drive off with a loaded train, takes some experience.
Using the slack in many couplings and feeling the rhythm.
Power to the first few cars, then off the power, as the front cars lurch forward, power...
Using the momentum of the cars and the slack of the couplings.
Guessing there is not much slack in a fifth wheel?
Does anyone know the weight of this rolling monster?
yup, trains have to reverse sometimes before going forward to manage the coupling slack
i had to ask that question