WINNIPEG, July 24, 2018 /CNW/ - In its investigation report (R17W0175) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that a thermite weld failure resulted in a Canadian Pacific ...
The deadly derailment of a Burlington National Santa Fe Railway train north of Pueblo in October 2023 was most likely caused by a broken rail, which likely occurred due to a welder not following BNSF ...
Thermites are a double-edged sword. Packing a tremendous energy density, and eager to produce tremendous heat when ignited, thermite is great for welding train tracks. But sometimes you might be ...
RAILWAY AGE, MAY 2023 ISSUE: Welcome to “Timeout for Tech with Gary T. Fry, Ph.D., P.E.” Each month, we examine a technology topic about which professionals in the railway industry have asked to learn ...
PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - On October 15, 2023, a southbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) freight train derailed 31 hopper cars loaded with coal and struck a bridge over I-25, just north of Pueblo. Train ...
Train rails are joined together via a seriously awesome process called exothermic welding, which basically involves lighting off a chemical called Thermite and sending molten iron into a sand mould.
Thermites are a double-edged sword. Packing a tremendous energy density, and eager to produce tremendous heat when ignited, thermite is great for welding train tracks. But sometimes you might be ...
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