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Chicago trains drive over flaming tracks
- PopAlongKid 5y agoIt's only to keep the switches from freezing. The straight, unswitched lengths of track do not need or use this.
- Kon-Peki 5y agoSo is Chicago an outlier? Plenty of other places get cold in winter, and have trains. How does the rest of the world keep the switches from freezing? Probably worth noting that a few days ago, when this video was likely recorded, the daily temperature range in Chicago was -4F to 7F (-20C to -13C).
- PopAlongKid 5y agoI think it's common. Here is a reference to a news article from 100 years ago, for a different location. https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/history-happenings-jan-20-2022/article_ae9cc4c8-798d-11ec-938c-bf52881f5143.html https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/history-happenings-jan-...