Good question - How do you build a railroad?
by Marshall Brain
How do you build a railroad? It seems like it might be fairly simple: 1) lay out the route, 2) lay the track, 3) drive trains on the track. But it’s not quite that easy…
I wonder what types of risks they are assuming because they designed the system with a single track. I imagine the risks for a collision are very low, but they are probably higher then if using a dual track configuration. Due to the sensitive nature of the freight they are hauling you would think they would be mitigating risk as much as possible.