To: Clive
They've brought back steam engines that haven't run in decades. How many of those are going to have catastrophic boiler failures in the next year? You can be sure no one has been maintaining them.
To: Little Pig
Eventually, the rail beds will fail along with the rest of the remaining infrastructure. We may see something like the Cambodian killing fields before the final collapse of southern Africa. Zimbabwe is just a forecast of the chaos that is coming to Namibia and South Africa IMO.
14 posted on
07/13/2004 6:01:35 AM PDT by
Truth29
To: Little Pig
They've brought back steam engines that haven't run in decades. How many of those are going to have catastrophic boiler failures in the next year? You can be sure no one has been maintaining them.And how many are left that know how to operate one properly? Even in top-notch condition, a steam engine boiler will explode if the water level isn't monitored and maintanined properly. This kind of failure is usually worse than a seam rupture, because it melts a hole in the bottom of the boiler, and the steam vents into the firebox, blowing the contents out the back, where the operator is standing.
23 posted on
07/13/2004 6:42:05 AM PDT by
tacticalogic
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