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Old 29th December 2009, 22:02
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Originally Posted by klordger1900 View Post
Here is more evidence that the high speed railways dont work well in extremely cold temps. Perhaps they should be looking to aero technology which copes very well at 40K feet at -40 deg C. Even desending to surface humidity doesnt cause them any problems!
Anything that flies HAS to be designed to cope with very specific climatic conditions and nothing can be left to chance.

Even modern motor cars seem to be immune from the climatic vagaries that we have and don't suddenly break down when it gets cold/wet/hot/damp/freezing/dusty etc etc.
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