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Post by bigblow69 on Apr 11, 2015 8:52:39 GMT -8
Railroading question. Can an non DPU'ed equiped unit be MU'ed with DPU'ed equiped unit to run remote in a consist?
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Post by bigb6flyer on Apr 11, 2015 10:09:57 GMT -8
Sounds like a riddle for Batman.
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Post by Spikre on Apr 11, 2015 11:29:12 GMT -8
 this sounds like Dynamic units consisting with Non Dynamic units. in that case the Dynamic unit has to lead to get Dynamics to work. a Non-Dynamic unit would not let trailing units with Dynamics to work. so You have a DPU-Distributed Power Unit,it can lead a non-DPU unit in M.U. it would seem,but not sure that a Non-DPU unit can lead and still get DPU function ? so just guessing on this,and will see what others say. Spikre 
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Post by runs2waynoka on Apr 11, 2015 13:38:32 GMT -8
Yes. The DPU consist works just like any other locomotive consist, you just MU to the DPU-linked locomotive. You see all kinds of non-DPU equiped locomotives used in DPU consists.
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Post by mlehman on Apr 13, 2015 7:46:17 GMT -8
Yep, even before DPU came along, older systems could do this, so why not DPU? Basically all it did was take the system that fit in a boxcar (IIRC Southern was among the first to use radio controlled remote units and the radio link, etc was packaged in a 40' boxcar) and shrunk it down to what is now probably some black box with a few circuit boards wired into the control circuitry of locos equipped with DPU. Just hook up the MU cabling on the end of whatever and you're good to go.
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