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quakerboy

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3. This was my reason for dropping in

Reply to Lettuce Be (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 10, 2021, 04:41 AM

Jul 2021

How does a third rail function under water?

Followup question.. the tracks are generally below the level of the station.. if the station is flooded, tracks should be deeper flooded, and even if the electricity wasn't disrupted.. how are trains plowing through that much water?

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New Yorkers wade through waist-deep floods to reach their trains as storms pummel the city [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 OP

cnn just reported this had nothing to do with Elsa, 'just' storms. nt babylonsister Jul 2021 #1

How were the trains still able to operate? I thought the rails were electric? Lettuce Be Jul 2021 #2

This was my reason for dropping in quakerboy Jul 2021 #3