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> The problem is that you need to grind rails to have a rounded top or they screech (and wear out train wheels), but BART doesn’t bother. I just Googled for <<
by throwaway2037 3y ago
> The problem is that you need to grind rails to have a rounded top or they screech (and wear out train wheels), but BART doesn’t bother.
I just Googled for <<does bart grind tracks and wheels?>>
Plenty of hits indicating that, yes, BART does grind tracks and wheels.
> was quiet when new
Do you mean in 1974 it was quiet? I tried to Google for any evidence of this and I can find nothing.
- Groxx 3y ago"does not screech horribly" isn't particularly noteworthy, to be fair
- mikrotikker 3y agoI got a friend who did the first grind ever in NZ a few years back, they borrowed the grinder locos from Aussie. Every train driver he talked to commented how amazingly better the rails were after grinding.