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Originally Posted by enigma45
Seeing in another board the comments about Diesel locos with a tendency to "slip" I was wondering which loco of any type [steam, diesel or sparks] was the worst for slipping. I once had a Southern driver tell me "Spamcans" would slip at 80mph. Said it was something to do with the oil bath for the chain drive.
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I remember seeing a you tube video of a Western diesel (running on one engine) trying to pull it's train away from a station with sparks flying from the powered bogie !