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June 26th 18, 07:45 PM
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Heat effect on rails
It seem that some UK train are running slow as the warm weather is having an effect o the track.
How do other countries manage to run trains including High Speed when the weather is hot yet the UK cannot. I have travelled on trains in Spain at the height of summer and there is no problems with heat affecting the tracks. |
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June 27th 18, 08:29 AM
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:45:53 -0700 (PDT), John Leach
wrote: It seem that some UK train are running slow as the warm weather is having an effect o the track. How do other countries manage to run trains including High Speed when the weather is hot yet the UK cannot. I have travelled on trains in Spain at the height of summer and there is no problems with heat affecting the tracks. Rails are conditioned for the conditions that they are expected to encounter. In the UK they're tensioned in to the extent that they can survive all but the most extreme UK conditions; they do the same in Spain. The only difference is that in Spain average temperatures are higher. You say that there are no problems with heat affecting the tracks. I bet there are, from time to time. Coincidentally someone posted on SM this morning a view from the cab of an Australian train rounding a curve to find itself on badly buckled track. Another place with higher temperatures than here and which routinely survices temperatures that would cause chaos in Blighty. It's not high temperatures that are the issue. It's temperatures outside the normal range. |
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June 28th 18, 08:50 PM
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 08:29:56 +0100, BirchangerKen
wrote: Coincidentally someone posted on SM this morning a view from the cab What's SM? -- jhk |
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June 28th 18, 08:54 PM
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:50:02 +0200, Jarle Hammen Knudsen
wrote: On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 08:29:56 +0100, BirchangerKen wrote: Coincidentally someone posted on SM this morning a view from the cab What's SM? I thought it was a fetish :-) |
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June 29th 18, 07:39 AM
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:50:02 +0200, Jarle Hammen Knudsen
wrote: On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 08:29:56 +0100, BirchangerKen wrote: Coincidentally someone posted on SM this morning a view from the cab What's SM? Sorry - social media. I couldn't find the article when I posted this so coudln't be more specific. |
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June 29th 18, 07:39 AM
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 20:54:16 +0100, Scott
wrote: On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:50:02 +0200, Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote: On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 08:29:56 +0100, BirchangerKen wrote: Coincidentally someone posted on SM this morning a view from the cab What's SM? I thought it was a fetish :-) :-) |
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