I have never seen things like that here; if drivers need to switch, it is usually just done at a regular station. At stabling yards there are just walking paths between the tracks, and often (but not always) small movable stairs. Example: https://noomen.files.wordpress.com/2016 ... .jpg?w=700LosAngelesMetro56 wrote: ↑20 Nov 2018, 18:46 Would it be possible to add a little hut on a mainline at a small stabling site? Like this one as an example: http://michaelminn.net/railroads/system ... rected.jpg
A service platform for switching drivers between their shifts
And for freight trains; I have never seen them switch drivers on-route (unless the two drivers are already on the same locomotive and they just switch places).
After all; the country is not big; In 2007, I got the opportunity to go along with a heavy freight train (coal or iron ore, one of the two) from the port of Rotterdam (in the west) to Venlo (on the eastern border, with Germany). The trip took about 4 hours. At Venlo, the locomotives were uncoupled (for a German locomotive to take over the train), and we where shunted in front of an empty train for the return trip (and to my delight; I got to drive it! The actual train driver was just sitting on the other side of the driver cab, relaxing with some coffee... )
To the other side of the country and back in the same duty shift
A few pictures of that trip;
https://i.postimg.cc/wTDqWXN5/6471-1.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/DZWF1LFX/6471-2.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/dtcvThfh/6471-5.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/fymNrsVW/6471-6.jpg