by calitom » Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:06 pm
Rolluplostinspace wrote:The tracks are made to be set on fire because deep freezing is not uncommon there.
When the cold hits, it isn't the trains that have trouble. It's the switches that direct the cars between tracks that freeze, and when a switch fails, it can compromise an entire line. To keep the switches functioning, the Long Island Railroad uses the centuries-old method of burning kerosene or natural gas to keep everything running.
The Long Island Railroad, the busiest commuter rail line in the United States, has dozens of switch heaters throughout its 700-mile system. Most use electric heating elements, other older ones burn natural gas, and the even older "switch pots" burn kerosene. Trackmen work through the nastiest of storms, lighting the heaters and dousing switches with Hexane, which is then ignited to melt the ice.https://www.wired.com/2014/02/fire-on-tracks/So there's no danger of it being the wrong kind of fire.
the midwest...very cold in winter and hot and humid in the summer.the good part of it is the nice,down to earth neighborly people.
I lived in iowa in 1982..in a small farm town. great great people.the hog farmers(ansd the other farmers as well )would come into town for breakfast
to socialize a bit.Most of these guys were huge due to all that hard lifting work.
[quote="Rolluplostinspace"]The tracks are made to be set on fire because deep freezing is not uncommon there.
[i]When the cold hits, it isn't the trains that have trouble. It's the switches that direct the cars between tracks that freeze, and when a switch fails, it can compromise an entire line. To keep the switches functioning, the Long Island Railroad uses the centuries-old method of burning kerosene or natural gas to keep everything running.
The Long Island Railroad, the busiest commuter rail line in the United States, has dozens of switch heaters throughout its 700-mile system. Most use electric heating elements, other older ones burn natural gas, and the even older "switch pots" burn kerosene. Trackmen work through the nastiest of storms, lighting the heaters and dousing switches with Hexane, which is then ignited to melt the ice.[/i]
https://www.wired.com/2014/02/fire-on-tracks/
So there's no danger of it being the wrong kind of fire.[/quote]
the midwest...very cold in winter and hot and humid in the summer.the good part of it is the nice,down to earth neighborly people.
I lived in iowa in 1982..in a small farm town. great great people.the hog farmers(ansd the other farmers as well )would come into town for breakfast
to socialize a bit.Most of these guys were huge due to all that hard lifting work.