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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by mhurley87f</i> <br /> <br />In what way is it moronic to limit freight train length to track circuit signal block lenths? What (train length) works best west of the Chicago - New Orleans axis in the US would be truly moronic in Europe. <br /> <br />Have you ever seen how busy and complicated track layouts can be over this side?? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Yes. I have seen. Frankly - I see that every day. <br /> <br />And you got things backwards. In what way it was wise to limit train length to ~700 metres by track circuits? <br /> <br />Ore trains can get up to 6000 tonnes within this limit, and that is pretty good. But intermodals, or auto trains linger about 1500 tonnes - which is pretty pathetic.
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