In message <[email protected]>, Ian Batten wri
tes:

>Anyway, the average freight train in the USA is 6500 feet long (ie
>substantially over a mile) and travels at an average of around
>20mph, or at most 30mph.

I would expect the relevant technical case to be high-speed passenger
trains, travelling at up to 90m/s and where the entire train can
pass over a point on the track in as little as two and a half second.

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