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On Thursday, August 13, 2020, 3:24:02 p.m. EDT, Peter Bernard Ladkin <ladkin@causalis.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 2020-08-13 20:17 , Brent Kimberley wrote:<br clear="none">> Using asset Management records, civil & geological know-how, hydro-logical / precipitation<br clear="none">> telemetry, and roadway/railway state estimator(s), one could develop estimate track risk factors<br clear="none">> which roll-up into a roadway/railway forecast system for use by railway engineers ...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Well, sure. On the other hand, you could go through the *entire list* of railway accidents in the UK:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_in_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_in_the_United_Kingdom</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">and, until yesterday, come up with two (in 190 years) that had weather-related causes, namely on<br clear="none">1977-07-02 and 1986-06-15.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">They both had to do with tracks deforming under heat.<div class="yqt2080217796" id="yqtfd80331"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">PBL<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Bielefeld, Germany<br clear="none">Styelfy Bleibgsnd<br clear="none">Tel+msg +49 (0)521 880 7319 www.rvs-bi.de<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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