On trains-Last summer, while enjoying a shore break, I had occasion to ride the rails to reboard my ship in Chicago. I went ashore at Port Huron, MI. The train was three hours late on departure and six hours late on arrival.-Jim
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:15:35 -0400
> Subject: [NavList 4934] Re: Not exactly Navigation, but close...
> From: billyrem42@earthlink.net
> To: NavList@fer3.com
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> Frank wrote
> >
> > We can predict their motion once they are
> > catalogued. It's as good as having a train schedule.
>
> Interesting. A decade or more ago, freight trains were doing an excellent
> job according to railroad management. Running on schedule. When a new CEO
> took over, he noted the standard was--did it get from point A to point B in
> the scheduled amount of time? Mostly yes.
>
> The question he raised was, did it leave point A when it was supposed to?
> The answer, mostly no. Many left point A days behind schedule. Elapsed time
> a big success. Scheduled departure dates and arrival dates a dismal
> failure. ;-)
>
> Bill
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