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I realise that, just mentioning it to show that early equipment of different types often required more manually operated controls than modern equipment.

Now if you want to see a “locomotive”, that actually did require shifting, clutch pedal and all, look no further than here…😁

https://web.archive.org/web/20060716072654/http://users.viawest.net/~bdwhite/rgstec14.htm
Here are some 09-2021 photos I took of those. The concept of their use and purpose was interesting. Kind of a cross between Chitty chitty bang bang and Beverly Hillbillies look for rail use.
 

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