So I know standing water can’t cause a train to lose all traction like it does a car, but I also know flood waters can take out the ground under tracks and this makes my sphincter clench. Which is quite the opposite of what I’m trying to do right now…
The cat single handedly solved the trolley problem. We just need to demonstrably link eating the rich to the welfare of domestic cats and human civilisation is saved.
Gifs that end too soon! I'd love to know if they made it...it's not considered good practice by North American RRs to run through water: the traction motors (inches above the height of the rails) would start to arc with high water, submerging them is disastrous! That's a lotta electrical energy!!!
I'm talking diesel-electric, which is pretty much universal. Roughly, the diesel engine runs a generator or alternator, the electricity going to the motors spinning the wheels; those motors generally have the axles going right through them. So, a lot of electrical energy + water is rarely good. Hopefully a railfan will be along to tell us what this loco is, and where it's at...
Algae bloom does not directly remove oxygen from water, since algae are plants, and produce oxygen. It is only when they die, and their remains get eaten by bacteria, when the oxygen is removed (because these bacteria, like us, absorb oxygen and produce carbon dioxide). But it is a cyclic process. The bacteria eventually run out of algae to eat and die, and then algae can grow again, and the oxygen levels in the water normalize.
Derailing is harder than you think, it's what the big cow catchers on the front are for to push stuff out of the way and the motors alone a heavy enough(211ish tons per motor) to not be denied, most likely here the electric traction motors would flood and stop working if they hit any spots deep enough. We aren't supposed to go over any places where the water goes over the top of the rail with mechanical say so at union pacific at least.
Sort of. The water would definitely reduce traction, but it would not hydroplane like a automobile on rubber tires and pavement. The train is just too heavy and the wheels too narrow for that.
Like maybe it could if it was going extremely fast, but as you say it's a lot of weight on very little surface area, the water is more likely to displace than resist and cause multiple wheels to lift off the tracks.
I'd be more concerned about unseen debris on the tracks below the water.
An even greater concern with floods is the track simply not being there any more. If you can't see the rails any more, is that just because the water is a bit high, or because they're a mile downstream?
Yeah, from what I understand fall leaves are a huge problem for active rail lines, something about the weight of the trains and the plant matter makes the rails super slippery as a result.
Filanwizard
I guess the traction motors are well sealed.
DAKP
That can not be safe. Could be debris on the tracks that they can't see. But I could be wrong. Not an expert.
theomni
I'd love to see the other side. How big a spray is the train leaving?
MilesWolf
Spirited Away vives.
ATLandNerdy
Is this India or Florida? Cuz I'm getting both vibes
algoritham
I'm guessing india.
Beefkins
Imagine being in the water and a fucking train just rolls through.
RadiDaddy
Yeah, blow the horn so all the fish get off the tracks.
thedarkcanuck
I figured it was to warn all the passengers hanging on to the side of the train that they're about to get wet
sonnuvah
That looks like a notoriously bad idea
Fulustreka
Notorious Bad Idea
LucilleWhoKnowsNot
Doesn't look safe. Can't tell if there's is debris on the tracks or a wash out
commentsbadcomments
So I know standing water can’t cause a train to lose all traction like it does a car, but I also know flood waters can take out the ground under tracks and this makes my sphincter clench. Which is quite the opposite of what I’m trying to do right now…
USSBigBooty
Moving flood waters yes, probably less so for standing water. Still though this can't be good for the track infrastructure.
LebistusReticulatis
Train filled with passengers with wet socks
ChewyTheWookie
At what point should a sense of terror override a sense of duty?
Fulustreka
For adventurers, at all points 😃
ThomasTheWankEnglne
snow piercer but with global warming
JudgeMentaI
puddlepiercer
eathotdog
I hope its carrying coal and big trucks for maximum irony
Flibbertyjib
That wouldn’t be maximum iron-y, I Fe-ore
rupinord
♫♪♪ .... we all live in a yellow submarine *sing*
usingYourMomAsAHat
Friendly looking neighbourhood
ironymus
The Sea Train from Water 7 to Enies Lobby looks promising
Qualtagh
reminder: Train tracks are designed to be very flat, and are unlikely to suddenly go from dry land to deep water. ROADS ARE NOT.
Yellowchopsticks
This is only possible since Minecraft version 1.17 when they made rails able to be waterlogged or underwater.
acetothermus
That seems wildly unsafe.
Sypurist
profiledit
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
AeEvolution
Just in case ♫ : The Sixth Station (6番目の駅, Roku Banme no Eki) - Joe Hisaishi
lozeldatkm
dammit I wanted there to be a train in the last second
RummageSaleBubbler
You want rusty rails? This is how you get rusty rails.
CraftyGiant
rails rust over every time it rains even a little, but frequent traffic will keep the tops shiney.
Stanistani
Rusty Rails sounds like an awesome stripper name.
Fargus57
I'd be more concerned that parts of the rail-bed might've washed out. Doesn't take much to cause a derailment.
tarquinious
Meanwhile in England: "All trains are cancelled due to a leaf on the track. Sorry (not sorry) for any inconvenience."
BlackCatCasper
Or a cat on the locomotive
SilverHornet
The cat single handedly solved the trolley problem. We just need to demonstrably link eating the rich to the welfare of domestic cats and human civilisation is saved.
dashers
Makes a change from being due to people spotted in the lines nicking the signal cables for scrap.
Unfriendly
This does not feel 100% safe…
OmgOptimized
Train on the water, boat on the track.
RadiDaddy
This train was a diesel, this train went woo-woo
And son I’m just sorry that the water wet your shoes
DragoWhooves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Npfzk0GgS8 (not a Rick Roll)
BodgeandScarper
Gifs that end too soon!
I'd love to know if they made it...it's not considered good practice by North American RRs to run through water: the traction motors (inches above the height of the rails) would start to arc with high water, submerging them is disastrous! That's a lotta electrical energy!!!
Zhreca
Doesn't look like an electrified route.
BodgeandScarper
I'm talking diesel-electric, which is pretty much universal. Roughly, the diesel engine runs a generator or alternator, the electricity going to the motors spinning the wheels; those motors generally have the axles going right through them. So, a lot of electrical energy + water is rarely good.
Hopefully a railfan will be along to tell us what this loco is, and where it's at...
fibbertitgibbet
I read that as ruffian and my mind even accepted it. Like sure, the ruffian should know.
MeatyMouthfeel
The live-action adaptation of Spirited Away looks really shitty.
KidShenck
I don't know. Kinda relaxing.
jaydude22
I was thinking of train to the end of the world. Been a long time since I watched spirited away……imma watch it again.
PowerPedant
First thing I thought too.
MasterMookie
Oh how I wish I could go to Studio Ghibli resturant. Where everything looks as fucking delish as their movies food.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
RummageSaleBubbler
Nope, Snowpiercer after global warming.
DocZero
'Mudsplasher' just doesn't have the same ring to it.
M4Firefly
esp the water. literally
Magnar1183
Anime is impossible to adapt into live-action.
Neednoggle
In my country they actually put the tracks beside the river, and higher up, so the trains don't have to drive through the water.
mrputter
Sure, but this looks like Bangladesh, a country where 75% of the land area is below sea level. There probably is no "higher up."
Turtlegir
Ohhhh look at this guy who lives in a country with well thought out infrastructure! Think you so fancy huh!
TinyLiehon
Putting them underwater (murky water at that) provides an extra protection against metal thieves
zagibu
Yeah, but it attracts rust thieves.
TinyLiehon
Have farmland next to your railroad. The overspill of fertilizer will generate algae bloom thus removing oxygen from the water. No oxygen, not rust
zagibu
Algae bloom does not directly remove oxygen from water, since algae are plants, and produce oxygen. It is only when they die, and their remains get eaten by bacteria, when the oxygen is removed (because these bacteria, like us, absorb oxygen and produce carbon dioxide). But it is a cyclic process. The bacteria eventually run out of algae to eat and die, and then algae can grow again, and the oxygen levels in the water normalize.
Slvrdgr
Ca.... can trains hydroplane?
Spiffytown
Hydroplaning speed can be calculated as the square root of tire pressure x 8.6. We can’t make trains fast enough to hydroplane.
backrideup9
You mean 300mph isn't fast enough to hydroplane?
DazzlingCockroach
They mean that the "tire pressure" of metal wheels makes the required speed ridiculous.
Jinxer13
Could we do it if we lower the tire pressure... of the train? That would lower the speed! /s
monkeyontherun4
Sounds like we need more boosters
ErgodicAnomaly
where does that come from? and what are the units on the 8.6
Spiffytown
Tire pressure unit is PSI
ErgodicAnomaly
and the 8.6?
Spiffytown
Is a factor that simply works. Like pi, found with experiments. Used to be 9 but they tried more things.
shawngeek
I would think the real danger would be debris in the water that could derail the train.
FatedMalice
Derailing is harder than you think, it's what the big cow catchers on the front are for to push stuff out of the way and the motors alone a heavy enough(211ish tons per motor) to not be denied, most likely here the electric traction motors would flood and stop working if they hit any spots deep enough. We aren't supposed to go over any places where the water goes over the top of the rail with mechanical say so at union pacific at least.
Frodyne
Or the earth below the tracks being washed away - I don't think trains do very well with potholes.
KnifeKnut
Sort of. The water would definitely reduce traction, but it would not hydroplane like a automobile on rubber tires and pavement. The train is just too heavy and the wheels too narrow for that.
thatlamer
Like maybe it could if it was going extremely fast, but as you say it's a lot of weight on very little surface area, the water is more likely to displace than resist and cause multiple wheels to lift off the tracks.
I'd be more concerned about unseen debris on the tracks below the water.
PhooBar
Yep. You're just one floating log away from a very exciting rail experience.
dannei
An even greater concern with floods is the track simply not being there any more. If you can't see the rails any more, is that just because the water is a bit high, or because they're a mile downstream?
Raziel420
Yeah, from what I understand fall leaves are a huge problem for active rail lines, something about the weight of the trains and the plant matter makes the rails super slippery as a result.
baals
A wash out under the tracks... Would def hydrotrain for a bit then before sploosh
BallDoctor
Presumably there's some point when the train starts to take on "boat-like" properties?
R100GSPD
*sinking boat-like properties, trains are heavy and, notably, not watertight
BiomechPhoenix
Trains are a good deal heavier than cars.
SomeOneHasBeenLookingForYou
Probably more like one giant anchor
battlebetter5772
No but they can hydrotrain.
LetsEatGrandpaCommasSaveLives
God I hate you. +1
BigKyri
Sorry to be a hydropain, but can you please hydrosplain?
LespritDeLescalier22
Jesus Christ. WAIT…. Did Jesus hydrowalk?
iBoulderDash
Cargo space? No. Car go road.
chicharrone
And train go water
DrSleepyPhZzz
IamtheAIyoushouldfear
And hydro automobiles!
Slvrdgr