Re: Can freight trains ever operate on track where Light Rail Operates
Author: BOB2
Date: 10-13-2024 - 20:29

Yep! Wrote:
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> Msmith92 Wrote:
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> > And the Sprinter from Oceanside to Escondido
> CA.
> > Its a diesel multiple unit DMU system with the
> > Escondido local runs at night.
>
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> Sacramento has UP using the LRT rail track

Nope, not shared freight/LRT tracks/operations, just a separate freight track sharing the same ROW, as the LRT. The Pasadena ML sub next to the Goldline from Irwindale to Pomona is a similar situation.

San Diego with the freight operating directly on the same tracks to the border crossing and on the branch is one of the few such mixed freight/LRT operations under wire. "Wireless" systems like Arrow, Sprinter, and Austin are usually technically considered to be commuter rail systems, not LRT.

San Diego evolved in a unique situation. Most modern wired/high-capacity LRT systems using RR ROW install a separate LRT system using the ROW in places where there is no longer
carload freight demand (abandoned lines). Where there are on-line freight customers and demand, the shared ROW alternative is often just much easier to do (operating windows, safety, regulations, maintenance, clearances, etc., etc., etc....).



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  Can freight trains ever operate on track where Light Rail Operates Cosmo 10-13-2024 - 15:56
  Re: Can freight trains ever operate on track where Light Rail Operates BOB2 10-13-2024 - 16:25
  Re: Can freight trains ever operate on track where Light Rail Operates ShortlinesUSA 10-13-2024 - 17:33
  Re: Can freight trains ever operate on track where Light Rail Operates Msmith92 10-13-2024 - 18:07
  Re: Can freight trains ever operate on track where Light Rail Operates Yep! 10-13-2024 - 19:52
  Re: Can freight trains ever operate on track where Light Rail Operates BOB2 10-13-2024 - 20:29
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