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What does the term "Drag Train" refer to? I have been reading in my back-issues of Trains magazines and came across a story about the Baldwin Centipede locomotives. In later years, the BP60's of the Pennsylvania Railroad were de-rated to 2500 hp, (BH50's) and paired back-to-back in Drag service. What exactly was Drag Service?
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A Drag Freight is where you hook up everything in the yard and drag it with you. They are low speed, low priority.
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