09-21-2017, 09:18 PM
(09-21-2017, 09:07 PM)JoeKW Wrote: Why isn't that section in concrete?
None of the freight track is embedded. It’s all ballasted, including underneath that asphalt — it’s built exactly like a very long level crossing. At Erb and Caroline, the two tracks are built quite differently.
Which doesn’t really answer your question, but spreads it out to a more general question about the difference between the construction of the freight track and the LRT-only track.
I figure they should have used another gauntlet track segment there and reserved the area currently used by the freight track for the trail. The curve might have been tricky however — as constructed the LRT goes straight through the station then curves relatively sharply, while the freight track curves more gradually. I don’t think that’s a show-stopper, given that the overall design could have been slightly different, but it might not have been quite as simple as I make it sound.