Railroad Australia
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I’ve been watching this series on and off, not too exciting, but they are regularly referring to rain water on the lines causing big problems with loss of traction with huge trains on long gradients.
Several of them have grit they dribble onto the tracks to get grip.
Somehow I can’t imagine why they do not have some sort of rubber wipers ahead of the train wheels to wipe water off the rails. Is this a crazy idea, or have I just thought up a good invention?
Today’s adventure is replacing 100 metres of track, in four hours. They slice the rails with a massive angle grinder, rip the whole section out to one side with diggers, compete with the concrete sleepers.
Then they level the gravel with a grader and drop a complete 100 metre section into place, rails already clipped to new concrete sleepers.
Then it is thermo-welded and away they go.
Several of them have grit they dribble onto the tracks to get grip.
Somehow I can’t imagine why they do not have some sort of rubber wipers ahead of the train wheels to wipe water off the rails. Is this a crazy idea, or have I just thought up a good invention?
Today’s adventure is replacing 100 metres of track, in four hours. They slice the rails with a massive angle grinder, rip the whole section out to one side with diggers, compete with the concrete sleepers.
Then they level the gravel with a grader and drop a complete 100 metre section into place, rails already clipped to new concrete sleepers.
Then it is thermo-welded and away they go.
King Herald said:
Somehow I can’t imagine why they do not have some sort of rubber wipers ahead of the train wheels to wipe water off the rails. Is this a crazy idea, or have I just thought up a good invention?
I don't think you would be able to fit them such that they would be effective to clear enough water away from the rails to prevent this issue, because they would have to actually touch the rail in order to do this, and after only a few kilometres the rubber will have been worn away by the friction of doing this. King Herald said:
Today’s adventure is replacing 100 metres of track, in four hours. They slice the rails with a massive angle grinder, rip the whole section out to one side with diggers, compete with the concrete sleepers.
Then they level the gravel with a grader and drop a complete 100 metre section into place, rails already clipped to new concrete sleepers.
Then it is thermo-welded and away they go.
Panel installation, we do this in the UK, Mainly with S&C panels though.Then they level the gravel with a grader and drop a complete 100 metre section into place, rails already clipped to new concrete sleepers.
Then it is thermo-welded and away they go.
Shakermaker said:
I don't think you would be able to fit them such that they would be effective to clear enough water away from the rails to prevent this issue, because they would have to actually touch the rail in order to do this, and after only a few kilometres the rubber will have been worn away by the friction of doing this.
I would imagine the rails are polished almost to a mirror finish, from what I remember as a kid playing on the tracks, and if the wipers were lowered only when wet, that would provide lubrication to a degree. King Herald said:
Shakermaker said:
I don't think you would be able to fit them such that they would be effective to clear enough water away from the rails to prevent this issue, because they would have to actually touch the rail in order to do this, and after only a few kilometres the rubber will have been worn away by the friction of doing this.
I would imagine the rails are polished almost to a mirror finish, from what I remember as a kid playing on the tracks, and if the wipers were lowered only when wet, that would provide lubrication to a degree. Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff