Hello Harry, The surveyor resides in a frame that is at rest relative to the tracks. He would not see two separate spray events so I would suspect that he would find the short version only.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: H Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 1:10 pm Subject: [Vo]:a length contraction paradox A length contraction paradox which doesn't vanish with further analysis. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxxczzEYA5C5cXNmZU1aUXNTRFE/edit?usp=sharing harry