how could leaves fall onto railway trackslong before trains were invented?
/pedant
*resists the urge to blather on in incredibly tedious fashion about how it's the newer lightweight stock that causes the problem rather than leaves per se*
(/pedant
*resists the urge to blather on in incredibly tedious fashion about how it's the newer lightweight stock that causes the problem rather than leaves per se*
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie,
Wed 7 Jul 2004, 12:06,
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Well...It was more a comment on the apparent surprise that it happens every year.
And anyway, surely leaves on the track reduces friction, shouldn't that make the trains go faster?
(And anyway, surely leaves on the track reduces friction, shouldn't that make the trains go faster?
Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Wed 7 Jul 2004, 12:09,
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only if physicsis very much borked
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie,
Wed 7 Jul 2004, 12:12,
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Lightweight stock?Pah! In my day all the trains were made of balsa wood and cotton wool and pulled by herds of well-trained moths, and we never used to have this problem. Pathetic excuse.
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TV's Nosemonkey,
Wed 7 Jul 2004, 12:09,
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