FALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to traingang@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoSteam Locomotives are Best Locomotiveshexbear.netimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down12
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minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·6 months agoAcela runs on tracks like this CRRC trains run on tracks like this
minus-squareFALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoI’m just seeing more evidence of Communist Chinese Rail Superiority. They also had some of the last steam locomotives in active service so I’m sensing a pattern here…
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoCommunist Chinese Rail Superiority is just as important as Communist Chinese Train Superiority
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoWhy are the tracks so wiggly? Does this cause problems?
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·6 months agoBecause they’re poorly maintained. Yes, it makes the trains run slow and derail frequently.
minus-squareFunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·6 months agoThey’re wiggly because of thermal expansion and age. It limits the top speed of trains running on those lines.
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoI like modern continuous welded track, but it actually gets hotter here than the heated track was during construction >.> I’m not looking forward to 40+ degree days
Acela runs on tracks like this
CRRC trains run on tracks like this
I’m just seeing more evidence of Communist Chinese Rail Superiority. They also had some of the last steam locomotives in active service so I’m sensing a pattern here…
Communist Chinese Rail Superiority is just as important as Communist Chinese Train Superiority
Why are the tracks so wiggly? Does this cause problems?
Because they’re poorly maintained. Yes, it makes the trains run slow and derail frequently.
They’re wiggly because of thermal expansion and age. It limits the top speed of trains running on those lines.
I like modern continuous welded track, but it actually gets hotter here than the heated track was during construction >.>
I’m not looking forward to 40+ degree days