Would anyone be interested in the "Photography Game" here?

[doctorwayne]

Charlie, are the hoppers interspersed among the locomotives for braking purposes? I'm guessing that since it's unlikely that the switchers would have mu connections, the independent brake won't activate (even if they were coupled directly to the lead units) and the switcher's train-braking function won't work if the switcher isn't under its own power. In that case, I assume that the switchers' air hoses are simply to complete the brakepipe between the hoppers, which, with the lead locomotives, provide all of the braking for the train. The switchers are along only for the ride, or am I misunderstanding how things function?

Wayne