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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Newsgroups | uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.design |
| Subject | Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? |
| Date | 2023-05-13 19:08 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <kca5h6F8panU3@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On Sat, 13 May 2023 07:25:37 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > On 13 May 2023 01:34:13 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote: > >>On Fri, 12 May 2023 20:40:06 -0400, Paul wrote: >> >> >>> Having one derailment per day, is a testament to the technical >>> sophistication of rail. >> >>In the US it's a testament to ignoring maintenance to squeeze out the >>last dollar. > > https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/railroad_quality/ At least the US is better than Canada... "The score for railroad infrastrucutre quality is based on only one question. The respondents are asked to rate the railroads in their country of operation on a scale from 1 (underdeveloped) to 7 (extensive and efficient by international standards)." The rail system in the US is extensive, I'll give it that. It probably is fairly efficient. They don't lose too many boxcars but then a boxcar can't stray too far from the rails. I may be a little prejudiced. I briefly worked for Penn Central during its two year path from merger to the largest at the time bankruptcy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Penn_Central_Transportation_Company#Merger_begins It was before my employment but I worked at the Selkirk yard where they mislaid most of Maine's potato crop. It was sad. When I was a young kid you could take a train from Union Station in Troy NY to Boston or NYC and expect to get home the same day. By the time I was in my teens the station was gone, but you could take the train to NYC from the station in Albany if you didn't have any pressing engagements in the city. You might get there someday, and in the winter the cars might even have heat. You did get to admire the scenic Hudson at 20 mph, which was what the track was good for in many stretches. I was pleasantly surprised when I took the train from the Rensselaer station in the mid-80s after it had become AmTrak. On time, and with comfortable, modern cars. I think it owed that to being an extension of the AmTrak corridor loved by Biden to the NYS capitol.
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Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2023-05-10 13:31 -0700
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-05-10 23:04 +0200
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? SteveW <steve@walker-family.me.uk> - 2023-05-10 23:07 +0100
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Fredxx <fredxx@spam.uk> - 2023-05-11 01:19 +0100
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Tim W <nospam@example.com> - 2023-05-11 09:31 +0000
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-05-11 14:19 +0200
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2023-05-11 06:48 -0700
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2023-05-10 19:09 -0700
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2023-05-12 13:49 +0000
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2023-05-12 20:40 -0400
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2023-05-13 01:34 +0000
Re: lowbrowwoman, the Endlessly Driveling Senile Gossip Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2023-05-13 09:26 +0200
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-05-13 07:25 -0700
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2023-05-13 19:08 +0000
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-05-13 12:39 -0700
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2023-05-14 02:49 +0000
Re: lowbrowwoman, the Endlessly Driveling Senile Gossip Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2023-05-14 09:47 +0200
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-05-14 06:48 -0700
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2023-05-14 18:12 +0000
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-05-14 11:45 -0700
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2023-05-14 21:38 +0000
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Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandSNIPMEtechnology.com> - 2023-05-14 14:54 -0700
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Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-05-13 03:53 +0200
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2023-05-13 03:31 -0400
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2023-05-13 21:14 +0000
Re: lowbrowwoman, the Endlessly Driveling Senile Gossip Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2023-05-13 23:41 +0200
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2023-05-17 12:16 +0000
Re: Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2023-05-13 20:25 +0100
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