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Model Railroad Operations: Helper Service

By Angela Cotey | April 20, 2015

| Last updated on December 1, 2020

train on the MR&T HO scale model railroad layout

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Andy Sperandeo, a contributing editor for Model Railroader magazine, is back with another helpful model railroad operations tip. This time Andy uses the MR&T HO scale layout to demonstrate how a helper (or “pusher”) diesel locomotive assists a heavy train over a stiff grade.

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