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unusual facts about double heading



Victorian Railways H class

Intended to eliminate the use of double heading A2 class locomotives on Overland services on the steeply graded Western line to Adelaide, wartime restrictions led to only one locomotive being built.


see also

Double head

Double-heading, the practice of using two locomotives to pull a train.

Double-headed

Double-heading, the use of at least two steam locomotives at the front of a train

Doubleheader

Double-heading - using two railway locomotives to pull a long or heavy train.

Great Western Railway accidents

The most serious accident however, occurred on 24 December 1874, when a double-headed passenger train from Paddington to Birkenhead derailed near Kidlington just north of Oxford and 34 passengers were killed.

GWR 4900 Class 4936 Kinlet Hall

The fitting of OTMR has allowed it to provide motive power for various mainline excursions, including Vintage Trains' Shakespeare Express and the Three Choirs Express excursion, double-heading with 5029 'Nunney Castle'.