Do we need anymore proof...

[Ron61]

Thanks even more for changing the Avatar. And I do have a serious question about the trains and how they schedule them. I realize that you probably don't know the whole system, but on the freight and passenger trains that travel across country, how do they work it so they have no conflict of being on the same tracks at the same time. Also I talked to a railroad person here and he told me that here a West bound train is one going South from Washington or Oregon and one going North from San Francisco to those states is considered an East bound train. Is that just BS or is there something to it. I live abut 1/2 mile from the main line as it starts through the canyons and I had always considered any train going North as North bound and any going South as South Bound. From the way this person described it, there could be no East or West bound trains from here.
I know that on the highway system the Odd Numbers are from North to South and the Even Numbers are from East to West, or were at the start. They may have that all changed by now.

Ron

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Thanks even more for changing the Avatar. And I do have a serious question about the trains and how they schedule them. I realize that you probably don't know the whole system, but on the freight and passenger trains that travel across country, how do they work it so they have no conflict of being on the same tracks at the same time. Also I talked to a railroad person here and he told me that here a West bound train is one going South from Washington or Oregon and one going North from San Francisco to those states is considered an East bound train. Is that just BS or is there something to it. I live abut 1/2 mile from the main line as it starts through the canyons and I had always considered any train going North as North bound and any going South as South Bound. From the way this person described it, there could be no East or West bound trains from here.
I know that on the highway system the Odd Numbers are from North to South and the Even Numbers are from East to West, or were at the start. They may have that all changed by now.

Ron

Tracks run east/west and north/south-that's it.Number 1 track is always on the north or the west.

A train running from Tucson to Phoenix is considered a west bounder even though by the compass it is heading north.

As far as Amthrax(sic) goes,they are supposed to have priority.Most of the time they do.But the fact is,the present infrastructure is reaching capacity and a lot of times they are delayed by as much as a day.

UP plans on running 100+ trains thru Tucson PER DAY when double track is completed.They also plan on building 3 new yards.Two in Az.One in New Mexico.

[Ron61]

Thanks Bill,

I believe that as we see the price of fuel go up, there will be more demand for trains. The little driving that I do any more, I would say that our freeway traffic here has dropped by at least 70% and I don't see the 18 wheelers lined up for miles on the freeway. The last two trips up to Redding I would have places that it was a 100 feet or more between vehicles and just a short time ago you had to stay in whichever of the 3 lanes you were in as traffic was bumper to bumper. I also see from 4 to 10 18 wheelers parked off the freeway over in the Project city area and a couple of them have been there for a week or so. Diesel has not topped $5 a gallon here. I am designing the sails to mount on top of my car as an alternative fuel.

Ron