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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> writes:
> In lugnet.trains, William R. Ward writes:
> > Well, the Caltrain commuter rail that runs between San Jose and San
> > Francisco uses only clear (white) lights on the front of the train,
> > and red on the rear. One of the lights (the uppermost one, IIRC)
> > oscillates; the others (two or three, I forget) are steady. All are
> > very bright.
>
> The lower 2 non centered of the three non oscillating lights are called
> "ditch" lights.
Thanks. Bear with me, I'm kinda new to all this train stuff. I
dabbled in HO as a kid, and am only recently getting interested in
LEGO trains.
> > Caltrain is a little weird because the locos always face San Jose,
> > regardless of the direction of travel.
>
> This is almost completely standard commuter train practice, it's called
> "push pull" operation. SEMTA, SEPTA, MTA, CTA, Metro North, you name it,
> they all do it.
Well I guess I don't get out much then :-/
--Bill.
XFUT: back to lugnet.trains
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