Real train engineer: day in the life/ Train Engineer Jim

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I thought that trains traveled on the "right" side of the tracks.  All of these trains are on the left side (thankfully).





Reply from Tiny:

metra rr was probably part of the Chicago & northwestern rr which was started and own by a Englishman.
metra rr and up now run on those rails now.
signal system was setup like in Europe and cost too much to change it back to American way.