Posted by RichardG on December 01, 2005 at 19:12:43 from 217.207.172.242 user RichardG.
In Reply to: Re: Planning Rail Routes posted by Peter Ceresole on November 29, 2005 at 13:15:16:
"An inherent problem of trains is that overtaking is not a practical proposition."
It used to be the norm in Britain that a slow local could be put in a loop at a station to allow the express to pass. But then BR took out all the loops.....