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Bent railroad tracks after earthquake - photos
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Just imagine the stored energy from the bending stresses in those rails. I wouldn't want to be there when they cut them loose.
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At first I did not think these photos were real. No sight of the cracks showing earth moved in different directions. Then I found the same track from a different angle which does show the crack running from the top right of both pictures to the bottom left.
Impressive not only for the damage and bending, but for the photography as well.
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Another magnitude 6.4 earthquake just hit today (20 February, 2023 for people from the future who are reading this).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-ea...atay-1.6754357
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Before cut, apply heat at both ends of the bend and the spring action is deactivated.
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Originally Posted by
Frank S
Just imagine the stored energy from the bending stresses in those rails. I wouldn't want to be there when they cut them loose.
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You'd have to heat in the middle to relive the strain.
Ralph
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