-=> Quoting Bob Wallace to Wes Leatherock <=-
 WL>        Trains of up to around 10,000 feet in length are not all that
 WL>rare now, leading to the need for much longer sidings than used to be
 WL>needed.
 BW> 
 BW> Did you mean to say feet here, or tons?  A train stretching out for
 BW> some 10,000 feet is nearly two miles long!
 
        Yup.  Actually, the trains are not usually that long--I
believe some coal trains now are around 150 cars or so, probably
a mile and a half or more--but it is necessary to have room for
clearance and desirable to have the sidings long enough that the
train moving through the siding will not have to come to a complete
stop.
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