Most references to "cornfield meets" I've seen are about head-on collisions!
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Looks more like what we used to call "Bulldoggin'" which is three trains meeting at one passing siding. The first train fits just fine in the siding, but the second one extends past the switch. Along comes a train the other direction, and they make it work, aka bulldog. I'm not entirely sure where the term came from, though I can assume. I think was with my dad and brother when a crewman (or maybe MoW) used the term. My brother and I got a good laugh and still joke about it.
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Interesting feedback. Maybe the term was somewhat regional and had different meaning depending on the location? Although my memory may be a bit fuzzy, I remember the old heads in my division using "cornfield meet" to describe any time two trains tried to pass but couldn't, usually due to being longer than the siding.
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