Dr Zarkiff Wrote:
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> "To diverge" means to part ways with the route you
> are on via one of two or more separate paths. In
> this case, the entire UP management fails what the
> University of California used to call its
> "Bonehead English" exam ("Subject A", basic
> English comprehension), which all applicants have
> to take. If they fail, then they have to take (and
> pass) remedial English during their first year.
> This would be a "converging ". It's also a sign
> that the UP doesn't have any confidence in its own
> training and certification program(s).

If you want English, I refer you to "Rights of Trains" by Peter Josserand, Simmons-Boardman, 1957. Now, there was a man who spoke English while explaining the rules of RR operation! My head still spins.