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Re: **Breaking News** - Metrolink Train collides with freight train |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sat Sep 13 10:35:12 2008, in response to Re: **Breaking News** - Metrolink Train collides with freight train, posted by AMoreira81 on Sat Sep 13 10:24:52 2008. And generally, freights and passenger trains don't mix in Greater New York.I think that's true moreso due to our penchant for high platforms in this area, so it's a structural constraint. Plus, given that freight moves fairly slowly in our area, especially as to acceleration, it's not fun to deal with a pokey move by a freight ahead of a passenger train, so that's another structural barrier. LIRR deals with NY&A (which has contracted out LIRR's freight operations), and obviously NJT's RVL gets mixed in with the freights. Even on AMTK's NEC, there are freight moves, and CSX owns the tracks north of Poughkeepsie. And some work trains can hit just as hard as commercial freight trains and they're out and about all over the area. |
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