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IMO the freight companies should be able to pay to build longer sidings if they need them, but they should have to pay for it.
by Wowfunhappy 1y ago
IMO the freight companies should be able to pay to build longer sidings if they need them, but they should have to pay for it.
- tschwimmer 1y agoThey're not going to build a 4 mile siding, which is the length that many freight operate at. At that point it's like building a second set of tracks.
- Wowfunhappy 1y agoThen don't build 4 mile trains. It needs to be possible for trains to pass each other.
- bluGill 1y agoa lot of rail is 2 track so no sidings are needed.
- guappa 1y agoBecause trains never go the other direction anyway.
- bombcar 1y agoDual track isn’t really a two way road, with signaling it ends up being infinite sidings, and is used almost more for passing than for two-way traffic - if it exists outside cities. Unfortunately much of the USA is single or effectively single tracked.