by realtype
Is there a restriction on trains with a locomotive(s) in the middle of a train (cars on either end)? I remember about a year ago when a MARC train was disabled on the Penn Line and had to be pushed by another train, but apparently since a locomotive was in the middle of the train the speed was restricted to around 10 or 20mph. I've also been on a southbound train that was disabled on the Brunswick Line outside of Silver Spring, and the train behind us pushed us, but again we were only going 10-20mph. But, just last week I saw a northbound VRE train with non-revenue 3 Sounder cars (for return to Seattle) on the rear of the locomotive and the revenue gallery cars in front of the loco, but there didn't seem to be any restrictions on the train. Do MARC and VRE (or Amtrak and CSX) have different policies concerning this?
Another VRE example:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Twm2DEdSNeM
Another VRE example:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Twm2DEdSNeM