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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sun Apr 20 15:08:52 2014, in response to Commuter Rail - Help a Fiction Writer Get the Technical Facts Right, posted by Green over Green on Sun Apr 20 14:34:52 2014. This depends on many things. The crossing gates are frequently right at the end of the platform, as that is where the passengers will want to go when they exit the train.So: The gates go down while the train is still some way off, but if the train stops the gates (may or may not) go back up again. If they do go up, they will come down again as soon as the train starts to move, the engineer will wait for them to come down, and at this point would be no different than a truck leaving an intersection. Should someone try to beat this train once it has moved about 10 feet or so, they might not win the race, even the if the engineer applies the brakes at once. [Gates at passenger stations usually will not go up again, gates at freight crossings usually will.] A Train leaving the station would be moving at 5 to 10 miles per hour. Reaction time is half of your stopping time, but like any car or truck driver, he is already watching cross traffic. Here is da fakts: |
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