06 May 08 07:46, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> CH>>>> Two trains. Parallel tracks. They start 400
miles apart.

 RW>> RW>> What does 'parallel tracks 400 miles apart' indicate to you?

 RW>> ml> it doesn't say that the tracks are 400 miles apart... it says
 RW>> the
 RW>> ml> trains start 400 miles apart ;)

 RW>> But it does say that the tracks are parallel...

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

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

Switch yards have more than two.

 TW> I don't see why there should be any misunderstanding??

There isn't one...

                R\%/itt



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