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This whole thing sounds like something between the Three Stooges and the Keystone Kops. There is a sign on the crossing warning posts at the crossing with a phone number to call if there is a problem AT THAT CROSSING. First person aware of problem, CALL THAT NUMBER, that is, the one found at...

One major problem that can be seen in many public versus private systems is that maintenance is essentially invisible. Thus, in public works projects maintenance tends to be neglected to the point that replacements are necessary for things that could work for many more years with proper...

Tight gauge is essentially self-correcting over time as tight gauge results in increased side wear of the rail. It is not desirable because this also means increased wear on the side of the wheel flange. It is quite normal for the construction tolerance to be tighter than the maintenance...

Huh? Ballast looks good to me. No mud visible, no excessive fines. By the way, definitely not MBTA, and I think not anywhere in North America, either.

Union Station Hotel or Central Station Hotel? Think what you are talking about is the hotel connected to the Amtrak Station, in fact it is the old Central Station and Illinois Central office building that was above the station. Downtown Memphis is not a safe place at night. Directly across...

Pillow replacement? What was the original language of this video? Maybe thinking Britishism where a crosstie is called a sleeper, as this looks like a tie replacement operation. I can't get youtube videos to run, otherwise I could probably say for certain. This also gets around to why is...

"Being off by 3/8 inch triggers a 3 mph slow order" DO WHAT!!! For a sanity check let's look at the CFR for railroad tracks. Yes, I know the regulations do not apply to transit line tracks not used by the railroad, and they are safety standards, not comfort standards. Usually streetcar tracks...

Sounds like Belgium has a problem they need to fix. Look at some pictures where clearances have been made to just barely clear double stacks and you will see notches in overhead arch structures, including tunnels. If pantograph width is a problem something on that order should fix it. They...

In other words, justify a very short sighted act by the fact that someone built something in the past without looking toward future possibilities. Not good thinking. Makes me think of the contrast between, when, with cash assist from the state of Pennsylvania, clearances were enlarged on the...

This should answer anyone's questions about a wide range of reach for a pantograph. 11.3 feet. With that you could mount it on something with less than a Plate B height and still reach a 25 feet high wire.

And for the foreigners traveling to Japan, be observant. Think, "When in Japan do as the Japanese do" like the very old, "When in Rome do what the Romans do." You would think most of the things listed would be on any list of the blooming obvious. Be considerate, act politely, respect the way...

In many things in Railway Engineering I see tendencies to simplify the complex, but issues of wire height is one where there tends to be complicate the simple. All you have to do is this: Determine the maximum sway you can have, take that angle multiply by height of wire, and that gives you...

Jis: Nailed it. Wow! 28 feet high overhead. There is surprisingly little knowledge of the Indian Railway system in the rest of the world, despite it being, I suspect by far, the highest volume railway system in the world. It would help to know more. Incidentially, while working in Hong...

Actually, I think it is more the other way around. Other than such things as the SEPTA picture, if anyone else outside India runs double stacks under electric overhead, please let me know. The nay sayers have seen the wire height in Europe, Japan, etc., which do not now nor have any intention...

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Gotcha. See now that the door(s) was(were) across the tunnel section. Was looking for evidence of a door down the middle so that the tunnels would be separated unless the crossover was to be used. Coupling issues. Answer noted. It is still a very archaic system that most of the rest of the...

There were discussions later than that involving TVA, in the 1960's I think it was. They discussed with both Southern and L&N electrifying Cincinatti to Atlanta. This would have been the CNO&TP through Chattanooga on the Southern and the L&N Cincinatti Atlanta line through Knoxville. Details...

Fairly good picture of the derailed equipment showing the crossover vault and the temporary track on the left for single track operation. https://www.foxnews.com/world/derailment-damages-close-worlds-longest-rail-tunnel-next-september According to the article the closure will be significantly...

The correct name is probably "screw spikes". Think a large wood screw. You do not through bolt to just hold down the rail or base plate to the ties. Completely overkill. So far as know, not done. Neither do you need to cut screw threads into the wood. Yes, drill a hole. Again, think a...

To add one more thing to the Cardinal through Charlottesville thoughts above: The following information comes from employee timetables from 2008, at which time these things were generally publicly available. Route of the Cardinal Orange to the Southern Railway Crossing in Charlottesville: 31.3...