@Janus - of course ! I failed to take into account that on the return of the two beams, the pulse generator is racing toward the beam reflected from the front while it is racing away from the beam reflected from the rear. The net effect of which would be that the two would indeed return to...
Fair enough - I will look into Dr. Lorentz's transforms and see if they can offer some insight to this case - if I can figure them out (I am a software engineer by trade, but its been years since I've actually had to solve calculus or diffeq's). I guess I was wondering if this specific scenario...
Let us first review Einstein’s train and platform thought experiment which consists of one observer midway inside a speeding train car and another observer standing on a platform as the train moves past.
A flash of light is given off at the center of the train car just as the two observers pass...