[net.misc] left-hand running railroads

res@ihuxn.UUCP (11/21/83)

>  As I recall there is only one railroad in the world where
>  trains run on the left track: The Duluth, Mesabi and Iron
>  Range. Don't know the reason. hound!rfg

Wrong ... there are a number of such railroads.  The first which comes
to mind is the C&NW here in the Chicago area.

					Rich Strebendt
					...!ihnp4!ihuxn!res

mauney@ncsu.UUCP (11/22/83)

References: ihuxn.418

And in how many places does the west-bound side of a divided highway
cross over and run to the south (driver's left) of the eastbound lane?
I-8, somewhere between Yuma and San Diego,  does this.

terryl@teklabs.UUCP (Terry Laskodi) (11/28/83)

     Tejon Pass, which links the the San Fernando Valley(Gawd, it's
totally, like, ya know???) with the central valley of California does
the exact same thing; northbound traffic travels on the west (left part
of the highway) and the southbound traffic travels on the right.

kaufman@uiuccsb.UUCP (11/30/83)

#R:ihuxn:-41800:uiuccsb:9900029:000:233
uiuccsb!kaufman    Nov 29 11:06:00 1983

For a while, I-84 did it just east of Waterbury, Connecticut.  However, I
think they've reconstructed the road there so that the westbound lane is on
the north side.  (A shame!)

          - Ken Kaufman (...!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!kaufman)