Passengers were rescued by a steam locomotive after modern rail services were brought to a halt by the snowy conditions in south-east England.
Maybe the Brits ought to build some more of them, since steam engines are so handy to have about.
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Monday, January 11, 2010
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A diesel-electric could have done the same job, with the advantage of being able to run on electric power when winter weather hasn't shorted out the third rail. That's how trains get into New York City, after all -- they switch to overhead catenary and run on their electric motors (all diesel-electric trains are electric trains, they're just carrying their generator along with them) to go through the tunnel.
ReplyDeleteThe real issue here is that the municipal transit agency didn't have any diesel traction engines available when their third rails shorted out. That points out a major issue with the common Muni paradigm of self-powered passenger cars (rail cars where they move because of electric motors at their wheels, whether powered by third rail or by overhead catenary), there's no backup if the power goes out. Add in bad weather, where power goes out much more often, and you have the Muni coming to a halt more often than it should...
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ReplyDeleteI bet this just made your day, didn't it ?
ReplyDeleteDon
Don, yes, it did. I'm fascinated by the act that the Brits managed to get together about six million bucks (or 347 euros) in order to build a new steam locomotive.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to extract a steam punk joke out of this.
ReplyDeleteEngland. Steam locomotive. Failure of modern technology...
And yet I can't.