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Re: PASSING SIDINGS

Author: Lloyd Christmas

Date: 05-19-2017 - 23:25

I'm not sure how many passing sidings they have.

San Rafael downtown
Hamilton
Petaluma
Cotati
Santa Rosa

I think those may be all of them. I'm calling San Rafael a passing siding because it's double track. Not exactly a passing siding but two trains can be there at once.

Here's how I think the six trains would work. The example I've drawn here is two northbounds, two trains at San Rafael downtown, and two southbounds. In the example train 4 has just arrived at San Rafael and train 3 is just about to leave at 16:29. The trains 5 and 6 in parenthesis are hypothetical while the locations for the other trains are based on the current schedule.

16:26
San Rafael downtown: trains 3 and 4
Hamilton: none
Petaluma: train 2 (meets train 5 southbound to meet 3 at Hamilton in 11 minutes)
Cotati: none
Santa Rosa: train 1 (and train 6, which will meet train 2 at Cotati, train 3 at Petaluma, and train 4 at Hamilton).

I think they could run a fifth train down here, based on the trackage. But maybe they need three trains in reserve.

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Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
Why Can't SMART Run Six Trains At A Time?	Lloyd Christmas	05-19-2017 - 10:47
Re: Why Can't SMART Run Six Trains At A Time?	Joe M.	05-19-2017 - 10:59
Re: Why Can't SMART Run Six Trains At A Time?	Carr	05-19-2017 - 11:12
Re: Why Can't SMART Run Six Trains At A Time?	Lloyd Christmas	05-19-2017 - 11:23
Storage Not An Issue	Lloyd Christmas	05-19-2017 - 11:20
Re: Storage Not An Issue	Snips	05-19-2017 - 11:29
Re: Storage Not An Issue	Lloyd Christmas	05-19-2017 - 11:37
Re: Storage Not An Issue	Snips	05-19-2017 - 12:58
Re: C CAR MIDDLE ONE was never made	david i	05-19-2017 - 13:48
Change Order Was Made For 2 As and 2 Bs	Lloyd Christmas	05-19-2017 - 15:57
Re: Change Order Was Made For 2 As and 2 Bs	sklinck1	05-19-2017 - 17:59
Re: Change Order Was Made For 2 As and 2 Bs	theconductor	05-19-2017 - 19:46
Re: PASSING SIDINGS	david i	05-19-2017 - 20:37
Re: PASSING SIDINGS	Lloyd Christmas	05-19-2017 - 23:25
Re: PASSING SIDINGS	HUTCH 7.62	05-20-2017 - 09:30
Re: PASSING SIDINGS	Lloyd Christmas	05-20-2017 - 10:24
Re: C CAR MIDDLE ONE was never made	Joe	05-19-2017 - 22:54
Re: C CAR MIDDLE ONE was never made	Snips	05-20-2017 - 10:27
Re: Why Can't SMART Run Six Trains At A Time?	SP5103	05-21-2017 - 15:57
Re: Why Can't SMART Run Six Trains At A Time?	Johnny Paycheck	05-21-2017 - 21:17
Hindsight is 20/20	Dave L	05-22-2017 - 11:37
Re: Hindsight is 20/20	synonymouse	05-22-2017 - 12:43
Re: Hindsight is 20/20	Espee2472	05-22-2017 - 14:44
Re: Hindsight is 20/20	Dr Zarkoff	05-22-2017 - 17:33
Re: Hindsight is 20/20	synonymouse	05-22-2017 - 18:45
Re: Hindsight is 20/20	Dr Zarkoff	05-22-2017 - 20:44
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Lloyd Christmas Wrote:
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> I'm not sure how many passing sidings they have. 
> 
> San Rafael downtown
> Hamilton
> Petaluma
> Cotati
> Santa Rosa
> 
> I think those may be all of them. I'm calling San
> Rafael a passing siding because it's double track.
> Not exactly a passing siding but two trains can be
> there at once.  
> 
> Here's how I think the six trains would work. The
> example I've drawn here is two northbounds, two
> trains at San Rafael downtown, and two
> southbounds. In the example train 4 has just
> arrived at San Rafael and train 3 is  just about
> to leave at 16:29. The trains 5 and 6 in
> parenthesis are hypothetical while the locations
> for the other trains are based on the current
> schedule. 
> 
> 16:26
> San Rafael downtown: trains 3 and 4 
> Hamilton: none
> Petaluma: train 2 (meets train 5 southbound to
> meet 3 at Hamilton in 11 minutes)
> Cotati: none
> Santa Rosa: train 1 (and train 6, which will meet
> train 2 at Cotati, train 3 at Petaluma, and train
> 4 at Hamilton). 
> 
> 
> I think they could run a fifth train down here,
> based on the trackage. But maybe they need three
> trains in reserve.

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