The yardmaster assumed he was saving the company money by not using a crew and fuel to run a light train.
If a yardmaster was faced with a so-called light train, one with just 60 cars, he might let it sit in the yard for another day until another 60 cars bound for the same location came in.
Unfortunately, few U.S. airports rarely offer the ease or public transport connections into their affiliated cities that Heathrow does, but one rare exception is Salt Lake City, a major Delta hub, which just this week debuted TRAX, a light rail train into downtown.
There will be two sheriffs deputies on every single train, both subways and light rail, and additional police presence at train stations and on buses.
The trains come down the line quickly and abruptly every minute or so and they look like a more modern Docklands Light Railway (DLR) train.
The train behind it had a green light and was charging down the track.
If a careless driver jumps a red light, the brakes come on and the train halts.
The practice came to light after Ticehurst resident Robert Hare boarded a Southeastern train to Stonegate, East Sussex, but later heard an announcement that the station would be missed out.
Here, too, Ms. MacKinnon serves the script well, making sure that the first act is played with so light a touch that you won't see the train of rage roaring down the track until it's far too late to get out of the way.
During the holidays the resort decks the halls and grounds with light displays and offers ice skating and rides on an electric train.
Suffice to say that although Japanese banks are still hopelessly unprofitable, the light at the end of the tunnel is not an oncoming train.
Another light, then, that looks a bit like an oncoming train.
The light at the end of the tunnel (which is really a train coming at you full speed)?
But there is nothing new in the light rail schemes, bypasses, and the replacement and refurbishment of train stock that he announced.
There is a massive, wraparound glass staircase, and dropping down from the 24-foot-tall ceiling is a 12-foot-long "found art" light sculpture made by a local artist with steel rods and old trumpets, toy train tracks and parts of old pistons.
As the train chugs into a station along the way, more dramatic changes come to light.
The glow of Mombasa fades into the night behind us as our train clatters past derelict signal boxes and a decaying station lit by the feeble light of a paraffin lamp.
On the return trip to Kota Kinabalu, a light snack is served in period-style stacking tiffin boxes, and the visuals outside the train are replayed in reverse.
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