A few weather-related notes for tonight. Live Science has a few interesting stories. #1: Looks like we might be headed for an El Nino year this winter in North America. That’s the warm ocean current that hangs out off the West Coast of South America. Some of it’s known effects.. across North America Wet and …
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Prompted by questions in the comments of the last thread, (here) It just occured to me that it would be quite easy to figure out the theoretical peak load of such a system. All you have to know is the number of locomotives on the system and their maximum rated horsepower and convert it to …
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or… what to do during the hardest days between two longtime friends. Imagine for a moment, a frigid day across Canada in mid-January, 2010. The Olympics are just around the corner, the athletes are already arriving, and the whole country is revving up with excitement. A cold snap comes… nothing new for Canadians… it reaches …
