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Re: I'm looking for ideas...
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 31 Jan 2001 03:48:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, David Goeb writes:
> Thing that jumps out about rail yards for me is that
> rail yards and stations are a evolutionary process.
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> -Moved sheds(or just the posts) to disused rails that
> are unconnected and overgrown.
> -Heaps of rails and ties, parts of cars, engines and buildings.
> All half rebuilt and abandoned all at the same time.
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> Bright and new on top of old and worn.
Great observation!
This is true, at least in the US, for all large industrial concerns, but
especially so for capital intensive industries like rails with large
physical plant, and long lived assets which are so numerous that it is easy
to lose track of them.
++Lar
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| (...) Nothing beats the Germans though. They lost a electric loco. It showed up, 2 power systems away, in Italy. Oops. And it was a _major_ headache to retreve. But, it took them like 2 _years_ to notice that it was missing. James (23 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| Thing that jumps out about rail yards for me is that rail yards and stations are a evolutionary process. -Moved sheds(or just the posts) to disused rails that are unconnected and overgrown. -Heaps of rails and ties, parts of cars, engines and (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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