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[quote user="Murphy Siding"] [quote user="Bucyrus"] I just called the FRA and got the answer to the question.    The answer:   An engineer must be able to know where he is in order to run the train.    Therefore, in a fog condition of zero visibility, where the fog is so thick that an engineer cannot see beyond the window glass, the engineer cannot move the train. [/quote]      You're right.  You've just proved what the railroaders who have responded to this thread have been telling you.  An engineer must be able to know where he is in order to run the train.  As both wabash1 and Zugmann have pointed out,  knowing where you are, and being able to see long distances down the track are two entirely different things.[/quote] I disagree that there has been any consensus here on this question.  Go back and read this thread.  I clearly stated my question in post #6.  Responses have been all over the map, mainly rejecting the possibility that fog could be sufficient to make running impossible, although a few have indeed said that you can't run if you don't know where you are, confirming what the FRA said.    Others, however, have contended that trains can run full speed in zero visibility as if they were airplanes running on instruments.  And then you suggested my question is moot because if it is so foggy you can’t see, you can’t drive to work anyway.  What if it is not foggy going to work, and then turns foggy after work begins?   <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> Many, including Wabash, have responded to my zero-visibility question as though they could see despite having zero visibility.  Wabash then made a blanket statement suggesting that fog simply does not matter by saying:   “it wont matter how fast you want us to go we are just as efficient in fog as we are on a clear day, ( or at least i am)”
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