Locomotives in the snow

[SlipStream77]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6acPX_00M9Q

About a minute in it's quite impressive.

And to think that in this country, we stop because of wet leaves..

[BMW3s6]

snow does not effect trains much, the reason why certain leafs cause so many problems is the wheel crushes the leaf it releases an oily like substance which gives the effect of driving on black ice.

[Simpo Two]

But snow of the wrong flake size clogs air inlets I hear.

[MajorProblem]

Leaves on the line cause black ice like conditions as mentioned, they also prevent train detection equipment seeing the train so the safety of the signalling system is seriously compromised.

[andym1603]

Yet another country showing us up.

[iPlod999]

How about high speed ploughing?

http://youtu.be/KJlTrLllWN4

[The Boy Lard]

Does the gauge make any difference on ease to clear?

[matchmaker]

We have some fairly heavy duty snow ploughs in the UK. Here's one, although not in action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EAl9pGcv2U

How do think that we keep the railways in the Highlands, Pennines, etc, open in the winter?

[MitchT]

andym1603 said:

Yet another country showing us up.

^this^

I've head the leaf explanation before. Leaves aren't a new invention. They've been around longer than trains. Drop the "can't do" attitude and sort it the fk out.

[Rick101]

SlipStream77 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6acPX_00M9Q

About a minute in it's quite impressive.

And to think that in this country, we stop because of wet leaves..

The problem is, not stopping.

[Rick101]

MitchT said:

^this^

I've head the leaf explanation before. Leaves aren't a new invention. They've been around longer than trains. Drop the "can't do" attitude and sort it the fk out.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18605926

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCTU-hb2Zbo&fe...
^this^

I nearly had a half million pound job cancelled cos of a fking birds nest and the time it took to get permission to move it.

Want to stop leaves on the line, easy, chop the bloody lot down

[BMW3s6]

The fact is leafs do cause problems, however tree hugger groups oppose to network rail cuting down trees on the lineside which makes it worse.

[anonymous-user]

And in English?!

[BMW3s6]

Using my iPhone causes to post on forums often leads to a type here and there! Sorry

[Chrisgr31]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-117903...

Leaves don't cause problems you know!

[W124Bob]

Union Pacific's Donner pass(California) Feb2010 typical winter scene.

[courageous]

Rick101 said:

Want to stop leaves on the line, easy, chop the bloody lot down

Apologies for the mini-bump, but thought I should mention we tried that down in Kent/Sussex about a decade ago...

To this day, we are suffering landslides where we never had them before because the trees were holding everything in place

[GrahamG]

MitchT said:

^this^

I've head the leaf explanation before. Leaves aren't a new invention. They've been around longer than trains. Drop the "can't do" attitude and sort it the fk out.

Substitute the phrase 'Black Ice' for the word 'leaf' and then substitute the word 'car' for the word 'train' - Same basic issue and just as tough to solve. There is a LOT of attention paid to leaf fall, and it isn't nearly as simple as the likes of the daily mail would have you believe.

[Rick101]

courageous said:

Rick101 said:

Want to stop leaves on the line, easy, chop the bloody lot down

Apologies for the mini-bump, but thought I should mention we tried that down in Kent/Sussex about a decade ago...

To this day, we are suffering landslides where we never had them before because the trees were holding everything in place

It's easy for folk to complain but it's not an easy fix.

Railways are extraordinarily complex and this semi privatised system doesn't help things. The average Joe has no idea how much work goes ino thier train arriving on time.

[Willy Nilly]

I saw them doing this when I lived there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QenN5DVuLtw one of the people on the two way sounds familiar.