SpaShark t1_iy44xqz wrote on November 28, 2022 at 4:46 PM Reply to TIL that when it's really cold, Chicago sets its railroad tracks on fire to ensure that trains will be able to run properly and get to their destinations on time by leebruce2 I am sure that all railroads do this as cold contracts metal and can separate rails,,, The heat expands the metal rail to reconnect it Permalink 1
SpaShark t1_iy44xqz wrote
Reply to TIL that when it's really cold, Chicago sets its railroad tracks on fire to ensure that trains will be able to run properly and get to their destinations on time by leebruce2
I am sure that all railroads do this as cold contracts metal and can separate rails,,, The heat expands the metal rail to reconnect it