WillyT
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Sat Dec-25-10 08:41 PM
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Why Is Rail Service Interrupted By Snow, Especially On The East Coast ??? |
Omaha Steve
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Sat Dec-25-10 08:44 PM
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1. 20 to 30 foot drifts in open areas |
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They can't tunnel under a drift that tall.
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WillyT
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Sat Dec-25-10 08:46 PM
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2. So... Do They Wait For The Spring Melt ??? |
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Use dynamite...
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Sat Dec-25-10 08:49 PM
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3. They don't have rotaries here, plus |
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switches clog and freeze, signals systems fail, and everything related to making up and breaking up trains is generally slowed by deep snow.
Nice pics, though.
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Sat Dec-25-10 08:55 PM
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And thanks...hadn't thought about the switches.
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Sat Dec-25-10 08:59 PM
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Once one little piece falls........you know the rest
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Sat Dec-25-10 10:32 PM
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6. Working as an archivist at a railroad museum I have seen a lot of |
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pictures of trains in the snow but many of them were trains that got stuck in deep snow. Depends on how deep it is.
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Sat Dec-25-10 11:54 PM
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7. Train tracks should have tunnels over them. That would keep out the snow. |
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Edited on Sat Dec-25-10 11:54 PM by valerief
Would cost way less than WAR.
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Sun Dec-26-10 12:01 AM
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8. Much of the East Coast area is electrified. |
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This can create a lot more problems, especially with newer electrical equipment that has a lot more "advanced" electronic components.
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Sun Dec-26-10 12:18 AM
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9. Mush, if not most of east coast rails are old and in very poor condition... |
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they do get cleaned off eventually, but not till after delays...we get huge drifts and havce few places to put the snow when it is removed.
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