On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 14:32:26 -0400, Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _both_MAILED!_and_ posted in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 03:30:14PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 18:58:52 +1200, > > cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Sunday 31 August 2003 14:04, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > > > > > The London Underground was originally designed to allow > > > > > through running from the mainline railways to stations more > > > > > convenient for central London than the mainline termini, which > > > > > were very much on the outskirts of the London of the time. > > > > > There are several connections between the two systems, and the > > > > > "suburbs" end of several Underground routes is reached over > > > > > main line track, so Underground drivers on such routes have to > > > > > know two sets of operating rules, Underground rules and > > > > > national rules. > > > > > > > > ..this sounds like a _very_ good time to pour a shipload of > > > > concrete onto those wintendo-style dual rule tracks, to replace > > > > the nice hard rock that _should_ have separated those two track > > > > systems. > > > > > > Now that's nonsense. The operating rules are basically the same > > > for both systems, there's no major difference. And the trains > > > are no more different than, say, an express passenger and a slow > > > goods, which have always shared the tracks with a good degree of > > > safety for 175 years. > > > > > > It also makes all sorts of sense to extend Underground services on > > > to less-busy mainline branches where the traffic patterns justify > > > it. > > > > On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 04:35:55 -0700, > > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Why? Passenger and freight peacefully coexist on tracks > > > worldwide. > > > > ...as does airliners and high rises. You both ignore how > > war criminals and terrorists work; they _break_ the rules. > > What you say seems to imply that the solution to that problem is to > either get planes to fly on the ground or to get rid of high rises :) .. ;-) Speaking of the baaad guys; chk out the quote headers. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
