It appears to be pretty close to impossible to get two locomotives to operate in perfect tandem. I purchased two Sunset CPR D10 4-6-0's (exactly the same mechanism/drive train) with the intent of double-heading them, and one is a bit of a jack rabbit, pushing the other. But, apparently that doesn't deviate too much from prototype, as I recall Warren McGee, of Northern Pacific fame, describing two doubleheaded NP 4-6-6-4's and how the rear engine pushed the front one all the way to Livingston, MT. The forward engineer was a slow-runner!
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