Why Are Chicago’s Railway Tracks On Fire?
Jan 29, 2022 · Railroad officials often set the railroad on fire albeit with low flames so that railway tracks do not pull-apart and remain free of moisture during winters.
Why Are Chicago’s Railway Tracks On Fire?
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I never thought of moisture getting in metal like that until watching Air Disasters. Nice story...
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Go out along the Powder River line in Wyoming and there are very large propane tanks that keep switches free of ice all winter.
From experience, it beats using a railroad broom to clear a switch, which has a flat steel ice chipper sticking out of the top end of the handle. My first railroad had a jet engine mounted on a little car pointed at about 45 degrees to the ground to clear the yards. I was told that it would hurl a 100 pound keg of spikes into the air. :^)Boondock, mjd4277, Chinatown and 1 other person Thank this. -
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