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Comment by bluGill

2 days ago

a lot of rail is 2 track so no sidings are needed.

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guappa  2 days ago

Because trains never go the other direction anyway.

  • bombcar  1 day ago

    Dual 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.

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