08 May 08 07:13, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> RW>> Which leaves the imagination wide open to interpretation. 'The
 RW>> RW>> trains being 400 miles apart' doesn't say that they're heading
 RW>> RW>> towards each other or running in parallel, just that their
 RW>> starting
 RW>> RW>> point is 400 miles apart.

 RW>> TW> Side by Side Parallel Tracks are very common on most main line
 RW>> TW> trackage.

 RW>> Switch yards have more than two.

 TW> Switching Yards, Tracks within the "Yard Limits", don't exacticaly
 TW> qualify as the "Main Line"!

The Main Lines into the Chicago Rail Yards were lined up 7 to 12 abreast.
Probably not anymore.

                R\%/itt



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