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The Heat In Kent Could 'buckle' The Rail Lines.
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/// Tomorrow, commuters have been warned not to travel on Southeastern rail services in Kent when the heat could 'buckle' train lines by raising the temperatures of the rails to 122F (50C), potentially making the metal curve. ///
Makes one wonder if our once proud British steel was all it was cracked up to be. I wonder how the rails stand up to the heat in Africa and India, or if it comes to that in the rest of Europe.
/// Tomorrow, commuters have been warned not to travel on Southeastern rail services in Kent when the heat could 'buckle' train lines by raising the temperatures of the rails to 122F (50C), potentially making the metal curve. ///
Makes one wonder if our once proud British steel was all it was cracked up to be. I wonder how the rails stand up to the heat in Africa and India, or if it comes to that in the rest of Europe.
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baza... yes modern technology and thank god for it . rails are pre-stressed that why they can be welded together (which also cause less stress on the wheels). like they are in the most of the world,read up on things don't jump to conclusions .
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Rather than annually demonstrating our financial largesse in the form of Foreign Aid why don't we get our own house in order first. Push the boat out and put that extra cash towards steel rails that won't let us down and bring the commute to a standstill.I know these heatwaves are currently few and far between but can't we just prepare for the worst and hope for the best?
When I was a young lad there was a London Borough of Barnet Council depot at the bottom of our drive in Aerodrome Road,Colindale. Inside it was about 12 yellow snow plough/gritters and mountains of salt.
When ,coincidentally Boris was Mayor of London, this country was again caught napping by unexpected and excessive overnight snowfall. Once again the commuters suffered as we didn't have enough snow ploughs to get the London buses out the depots and those,already out, quickly became stuck and irretrievable until the thaw.Rather than continually making our country a laughing stock why can't we get it right once and for all and then consider other third world countries who appear to chug along quite happily?
When I was a young lad there was a London Borough of Barnet Council depot at the bottom of our drive in Aerodrome Road,Colindale. Inside it was about 12 yellow snow plough/gritters and mountains of salt.
When ,coincidentally Boris was Mayor of London, this country was again caught napping by unexpected and excessive overnight snowfall. Once again the commuters suffered as we didn't have enough snow ploughs to get the London buses out the depots and those,already out, quickly became stuck and irretrievable until the thaw.Rather than continually making our country a laughing stock why can't we get it right once and for all and then consider other third world countries who appear to chug along quite happily?
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