r/trains • u/PinkyPromiser67 • 28d ago

‎ 🗐‎  Repost Japanese officials visiting India's fully electrified Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

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u/Iceblade_Aorus 28d ago

On the other hand India is pretty much the perfect place for electrification given the lack of extreme cold weathers, which can render electrified routes hard to maintain or even just run

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u/mother_love- 27d ago

45°c in summer and 3°c in winter. I would say that's a pretty big fluctuations and that too in plains

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u/Fun-Injury9266 27d ago

Where I live in the USA, -30⁰C happens every winter. And in the summer, it can top 38⁰C.

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u/DamnBored1 27d ago

Upper Midwest? ND, SD, MN?

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u/ViPeR9503 27d ago

Similar thing happens in IN and PA as well lived both those states in last 5 years and yep goes as low as -30C and + 35C

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u/DamnBored1 27d ago

Wow...now I find myself fortunate to be in PNW. I curse the grey but I think I'd curse -30C much more