Maryland “Freak State” PING!
...since they first began laying tracks
How hot was it?
It was so hot that the.......
Investigators said a heat kink due to extreme high temperatures and direct exposure to sunlight likely caused the rails to expand, resulting in the derailment
Wow, there are probably thousands of derailments caused by rails being exposed to sunlight ... I can’t believe that the MSM investigative reporters haven’t spent weeks of national exposes on this looming national rail crisis. Should citizens go down to the nearest train tracks and shade them with umbrellas? Should the Dept. of Transportation institute new rail specifications?
Why can't a state agency?
/johnny
Should of made those rails shorter!
Past history and my gut instinct says the engineer was either drunk, high or taking a nap.
If rail tracks were known to expand due heat, extreme or otherwise, wouldn’t they have expanded already?
So they built a system in Washington that couldn’t take 100 degree temperatures? Either stupidity before or lying now.
I searched on google for “heat kink” and all it returns are references to the Metro rail system. It seems like this would be a noticable problem in many other places, but it doesn’t seem to be a problem anywhere else. Perhaps they need new rail engineers that have dealt with the sun before.
I find this hard to believe. Do they use different track materials in the desert. Its going to be 118 F tomorrow and the trains will roll past just like they do every other day.
Maybe they should rename the Metro to the
Train Heat Kink Link.
Imagine the thought process that came up with the idea heat caused the rails to warp, and then consider the heat in the California desert where rails never seem to buckle.
This global warming thing better kill us quick before people go stark raving mad. They’ve got a good jump on that already.