arabianights
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This will, of course, be something that 90% of contributors here could answer instantly, but to a casual enthusiast (and by enthusiast I mean someone who is enthusiastic about choo-choo trains, not to imply any knowledge at all) like me the answer just isn't known - are there any lines or manouevers that are ROUTINELY driven by a rule something along the lines of "being able to stop within the distance you can see to be clear".
Similarly - in case there is a train coming the other way - are there any one where the manouever is drive at a speed where "you must be able to stop within at most half of the speed you can see to be clear".
I do apologise about any gramatical errors in this post but I do believe the intent is perfectly clear. Oh, and that's only part of the question, because....
There is one rail operation where this clearly applies. And that is trams, and anything else sharing roads. So as an additional question - are there are any stretches of track where trams are permitted to go faster than they would be able to stop in - there's almost certainly (to answer my own question) some examples of that where the tram becomes light rail, but in bits where the track is shared, but not with the average prole, but perhaps buses or so on.
Quite a question this, and I fear that in theory it could be given a one word answer. But golly, there's 264 words here, and that has to count for something!
Similarly - in case there is a train coming the other way - are there any one where the manouever is drive at a speed where "you must be able to stop within at most half of the speed you can see to be clear".
I do apologise about any gramatical errors in this post but I do believe the intent is perfectly clear. Oh, and that's only part of the question, because....
There is one rail operation where this clearly applies. And that is trams, and anything else sharing roads. So as an additional question - are there are any stretches of track where trams are permitted to go faster than they would be able to stop in - there's almost certainly (to answer my own question) some examples of that where the tram becomes light rail, but in bits where the track is shared, but not with the average prole, but perhaps buses or so on.
Quite a question this, and I fear that in theory it could be given a one word answer. But golly, there's 264 words here, and that has to count for something!