From: jishnu@nospam.verizon.net   
      
   On 8/14/2014 8:23 PM, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   > On 14-Aug-14 11:15, Jishnu Mukerji wrote:   
   >> On 8/14/2014 10:00 AM, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   >>> They are FRA/FTA regulatory terms, not marketing or technical terms.   
   >>>   
   >>> "Light rail" is for heavy non-FRA trains on a non-exclusive ROW, and   
   >>> "heavy rail" is for light non-FRA trains on an exclusive ROW.   
   >>   
   >> Just to elaborate a bit... it should be noted that this categorization   
   >> may apply only to territories where FRA has potential jurisdiction,   
   >> namely the USA and its territories. The rest of the world really does   
   >> not care much about that definition since they neither know nor care   
   >> what FRA is or says. Well Canada and Mexico might care a little, but   
   >> certainly no one in Eurasia or Australia cares.   
   >   
   > Obviously, but this is m.t.r.americas, not m.t.r.europe et al.   
   >   
   > S   
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   Yes, and Americas does include countries other than the USA, and even   
   additional ones beyond Canada and Mexico too. Or are we now so full of   
   ourselves that we refuse to recognize those other countries too? :P   
      
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