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From: cb@hlwpc.UUCP (Carl Blesch)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Right versus Left side
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Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 13:51:27 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 23 13:51:27 1986
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> > Do engineers in the UK sit on the right hand side?
> 
> Not surprisingly, they sit on the left, and on standard double-tracked
> structues, the train normally goes forward on the left-hand track.
> What is surprising is that this scheme is also followed in France,
> on the SNCF (Government operated long-distance rail lines) system,
> despite the fact that motorists drive on the right-hand side of the
> road over there.

In the good 'ole US of A, the Chicago and North Western runs trains
on the left track in double-track territory.  If you're a commuter
in Chicago, your station is therefore on the "wrong" side of the tracks.

Carl Blesch