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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by edblysard</i> <br /><br /> <br /> when standing between two trains, moving in opposite direction at walking speed...ended up having to sit down between the tracks with my head down till one of the trains got past...really screwed up my balance for a few hours. <br /> <br />Ed <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />That even sounds dizzying...The article I was reading was specific to this condition being a factor in EMD's decision to stop making "end cab" design locomotives for high speed applications. <br /> <br />I guess one of the intentional aspects of the "bulldog" nose design was to block the engineers view of cross ties slipping under a fast moving loco, a phenomenon that was often experienced by engineers on the Burlington Zyphers, as well as some of the other "box cab" electrics... <br /> <br />Just because you brought it up, Even though I'm going off topic by asking, customarily, how much clearance is left between opposing freights on adjacent tracks? I would have thought "too little" for a person to safely walk between...but I guess that is wrong?
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