Warp wrote:
> Xavier Manget <NOS### [at] freefr> wrote:
>> If the trains' speeds are close enough to the speed of light, because of 
>> relativistic length contraction  (and with correct timing) the trains will 
>> have enough length to pass each other on the double track?...
> 
>> Did I get it? :-p
> 
>   Yes.
> 
>   (Had you heard of the thought experiment, or did you figure it out on
> your own?)

Oh, wait, I thought this was a real-world situation.  Silly me.

Regards,
John

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