Here's what garden railroader's do in the winter 8) ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGdQvp43XIQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGdQvp43XIQ)
For those of you in smaller scales who aren't familiar with some of what's available in Large Scale, BOTH locomotives are live steam ;D , independently radio controlled (this was true doubleheading - I had a visiting uncle of mine controlling the second engine - we had to coordinate speed & direction on both locos, which was the reason for all the "Go-ahead-&-back-up!" instructions! :D ).
- Bachmann locos also work well for this :) ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9khliFb58bo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9khliFb58bo) (from 3 years ago). It was a bit easier to do with the Bachmann locos because I was able to consist them via DCC. ;)
Tom
You guys are having too much fun.
Bruce