Complex sentence: Somewhat similar to a Climax locomotive, Heisler's design featured two cylinders canted inwards at a 45 degree angle to form a' vee-twin' arrangement, driving a longitudinal driveshaft that drove only the outboard axle on each powered truck.
Split into simpler sentences: Somewhat similar to a Climax locomotive, Heisler's design featured two cylinders canted inwards at a 45 degree angle to form a' vee-twin' arrangement. Power then went to a longitudinal driveshaft that drove the outboard axle on each powered truck.