Yeah, we let freight trains get so long that they don’t fit into the areas where they’d normally wait to let passenger trains through. Since they don’t fit, they don’t have to wait or yield the right of way to passenger trains.
Should be illegal to run a train too long to fit in the waiting areas.
It’s not just the fact they no longer fit in sidings but every aspect that ends up hurting passenger rail on time preformace. Trains are getting so long they don’t fit within a yards switching lead which blocks the main tracks. They are limiting horse power per tonnage so strictly that there’s only just barely enough to crawl up grades. There’s no room for error with these trains and it’s a merical they haven’t caused a serious derailment.
Yeah, we let freight trains get so long that they don’t fit into the areas where they’d normally wait to let passenger trains through. Since they don’t fit, they don’t have to wait or yield the right of way to passenger trains.
Should be illegal to run a train too long to fit in the waiting areas.
It’s not just the fact they no longer fit in sidings but every aspect that ends up hurting passenger rail on time preformace. Trains are getting so long they don’t fit within a yards switching lead which blocks the main tracks. They are limiting horse power per tonnage so strictly that there’s only just barely enough to crawl up grades. There’s no room for error with these trains and it’s a merical they haven’t caused a serious derailment.
Allowing trains this long on the rails kinda feels like letting people drive a Canyonero through the carpool lane