From: jishnu@nospam.verizon.net

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.

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