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BartVanHouten t1_j6gu5bd wrote

Reply to comment by Silo-Joe in Retreating German troops destroy railway Belgrade, Yugoslavia, early 1945. (Photo by John Phillips). by BillGates_mousepad

Trains push from the inside of the rails out, these rails are fucked

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Silo-Joe t1_j6gv0fd wrote

Thanks for explaining. That makes sense now.

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londons_explorer t1_j6h7kmh wrote

Doesn't look awfully hard to repair... Just replace the ties, which are standard parts you can bring in in bulk by train.

Replacing just say 1 in 10 will allow you to use the railway for light vehicles, which then allows you to do the rest of the repair all in parallel.

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faketooter t1_j6hzdvj wrote

You need at least 1 for every 5 ties missing consecutively, and even then sometimes track units derail. Trust me, I'm a railroader.

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BartVanHouten t1_j6igemx wrote

They have to lift the track, probably move ballast and then replace probably a couple hundred miles of ties. We have non-broken track that we have to be careful on and can’t go more than 10mph

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