Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
...When the two trains are in the station, the later train always stops short, as described by @
SactoDoug.
The trains discharging passengers always wait until the conductor has observer all the riders crossing the path from the right-sided exits of the train.
I presume the engineer has a view of anyone crossing from the other side….
Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Mr. Bill has correctly identified this as a diesel line.
However, it's a Chicago-style push-pull system with a locomotive at one end only, so half of the time the train is headed by a passenger car with a cab in the front. I can hear these trains coming from pretty far off, but have no idea what the ambient noise is like at that crossing, or if two trains were involved.
[Addendum:]
Originally Posted by
CliffordK
So, do the trains have a video system so that the engineers can see what is going on in front of the train no matter which direction it is going?
Obviously they can't stop on a dime, but they can blast a horn that'll wake the dead.
Originally Posted by
mr_bill
In a single locomotive push-pull train there is a locomotive on one end and a cab car at the other end. The engineer moves to the appropriate control cab.
Thanks for that comment @
livedarklions; indeed that is how the trains are configured. I guess the one train only in the station rule applies here, at least on the trains on my line.
In fact, I know my inbound train homeward is delayed when the outbound signal light is red and that train will wait outside the station perimeter for mine to pass.