re do trains have radar in article x fvt b dixie com jgd dixie com john de armond writes hhtra usho hou chevron com t m haddock writes while taking an extended easter vacation i was going north on i somewhere between centerville tx and dallas tx and i came upon a train parked on a trestle with its locomotive sitting directly over the northbound lanes there appeared to be movement within the cab and out of curiosity i slowed to to get a better look just as i passed from underneath the trestle my radar detector went into full alert all lights lit and all chirps beeps and buzzes going strong i thought i had been nailed good but no police materialized some but not all locomotives have doppler speedometers the radar head is mounted looking down at the ground to minimize intereference sent and received but looking tangentally at a wheel these are low power units and typically won t trigger radar detectors unless an unusual situation such as yours arises john john de armond wd oqc interested in high performance mobility performance engineering magazine tm interested in high tech and computers marietta ga send ur snail mail address to jgd dixie com perform dixie com for a free sample mag need usenet public access in atlanta write me for info on dixie com this makes sense radar pointed down because almost every train i pass head on that triggers my radar detector does so more just after i have passed the front of the engine i get a little of the reflections as i am approaching and the instant i get to the side of the first engine the detector receives a fairly strong signal for a short time it happens with just about every train i see
