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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="wabash1"] <P>[quote user="Bucyrus"] <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=georgia,palatino>I have a question:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>Suppose you are an engineer running a passenger train at night down the mainline at 79 mph, and approaching a meet with an opposing passenger train, which is waiting in a siding with its headlight turned off.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Now suppose that train in the siding turns on its headlight when you are say 1000 feet away.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>What, if anything, do you do?</FONT></SPAN></P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P><FONT size=4>Other than talk about the rule violation that was just commited there is nothing you can do . </FONT></P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>I know an engineer could not stop before reaching the switch or the opposing train, but would you try to slow down?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I am just wondering how an engineer would react to having the headlight of the train in the siding come on.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It could just be a harmless mistake for some reason, or it could mean something serious.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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