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Silo-Joe t1_j6gt33u wrote

Trying to see how a train wouldn’t be still able to run on this tracks. The rails still look parallel.

Is the danger for the train an eventual shifting of the rails? Does that mean the front cars through the tracks out of alignment for rear cars?

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BartVanHouten t1_j6gu5bd wrote

Trains push from the inside of the rails out, these rails are fucked

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Silo-Joe t1_j6gv0fd wrote

Thanks for explaining. That makes sense now.

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londons_explorer t1_j6h7kmh wrote

Doesn't look awfully hard to repair... Just replace the ties, which are standard parts you can bring in in bulk by train.

Replacing just say 1 in 10 will allow you to use the railway for light vehicles, which then allows you to do the rest of the repair all in parallel.

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faketooter t1_j6hzdvj wrote

You need at least 1 for every 5 ties missing consecutively, and even then sometimes track units derail. Trust me, I'm a railroader.

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BartVanHouten t1_j6igemx wrote

They have to lift the track, probably move ballast and then replace probably a couple hundred miles of ties. We have non-broken track that we have to be careful on and can’t go more than 10mph

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the_colonelclink t1_j6hbc35 wrote

There’s a video of the machine used to destroy the tracks up above; it gives quite a profound visual on just how useless the tracks become.

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