03-05-2019, 05:43 PM
(03-05-2019, 04:56 PM)SammyOES Wrote: I assume sidings can still speed up trips.
An extreme example: if you had a 100km section of single track, in order to have two trains pass each other you'd have to hold a train at the end and wait the time it takes the other train to go the whole 100km before the first train starts. If you put a passing spot in at the 50km mark, both trains can start and then pass in the middle. I have no idea the actual situation here but it seems plausible situations like this exist and will speed up trips.
Ideally, yes. But since the trains currently run one way in the morning and one way at night, it does not have to stop and wait at a siding. With two way, if a train needs to stop at a siding, especially on the cn leg, they need to factor in the wait time on the siding. So a 2 hour trip can turn into a 2 1/2 hour trip if you are sitting on a siding for 30 mins waiting for another train to pass the siding.