Re: What is the purpose of the pre-assembled SMART switch at Petaluma station chalkmarked "gauntlet?
Author: R Ruiz
Date: 04-19-2013 - 20:12
I believe the gauntlet is to take the freight trains away from the platform on a track slightly offset from the passenger track.
I think we will one day regret the amount of urban freight capacity we have sacrificed over the past several decades. Our cities will only get denser, and I'd like some alternative to trucks for serving our urban areas.