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<P mce_keep="true"> <P><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>Part of the problem is that several have responded to my question as if I am merely asking about “foggy” conditions where things might only be a little hazy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They demonstrate this interpretation of my question when they say that fog is no different than curves or running at night.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>But I am asking about fog so thick that an engineer is completely blinded by it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So there is a great deal of difference between that visual impairment and the visual restriction of a curve.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>And yet others have declared than no amount of visual impairment requires an engineer to slow down, so they apparently understand my question is predicated on zero visibility.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Indeed it has been suggested that trains can run blind just like airplanes flying on instruments with no line of sight guidance.</FONT></P>
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