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A huge chunk of PNW is wet salty air. That corrodes things pretty badly. This isn't as bad of a problem in southern coastal cities like Los Angeles because the
by lightedman 3y ago
A huge chunk of PNW is wet salty air. That corrodes things pretty badly. This isn't as bad of a problem in southern coastal cities like Los Angeles because the air ends up being drier, even close to the ocean.
Regular rail cars don't last a long time under PNW conditions.
- irjustin 3y agoWell at least there's a reason. I just wish they were automated.
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoLos Angeles has dry air because it's nearly a desert. That doesn't really apply to, say, Florida, or more northern parts of the East Coast, or for that matter even Northern California. Why couldn't they use the same rail cars as are used in any of these places?
- WalterBright 3y agoI've lived close to the seashore, and in Seattle. Close to the the seashore, you're right, everything made of metal corrodes. Move back a little bet, and the problem goes away. Seattle is not rusting away. The light rail tracks are not adjacent to the seashore. I never noticed a particular corrosion problem living in Seattle. The city buses aren't corroding away, either.
- bryananderson 3y agoIt’s too bad there aren’t any other rail systems operating in similar coastal conditions in the world! Certainly not in Vancouver or Portland or San Francisco or Northwesten Europe. If only there were, so that Seattle could buy off the shelf. Like almost all “our city is Very Special” arguments for buying vastly overpriced custom crap, this argument is absolute bunk.
- morbicer 3y agoOr Japan! Another country near Pacific which can't figure out the trains in rain!