Re: Lawsuit not filed; letter sent: Smart is hurting and impeding north bay business
Author: ron
Date: 07-20-2014 - 11:36
david vartanoff Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Actually, having the freights use the gauntlet is
> common--check out the South Shore Line at
> Hegewisch, and various NJT operations in New
> Jersey.
>
OK ,I just did.(thanks youtube) The gauntlet track is designed as the diverging track for station movement.The mainline is the straight through track allowing trains to bypass the station. It is designed backwards on SMART with the through track up against the station platform requiring the freights to slow to 15 MPH to diverge around each station platform