(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 6, 2010.)
NEWARK, N.J. Extreme heat is keeping trains from running on time on heavily traveled lines in the Northeast.
Temperatures soared above 100 degrees across the region Tuesday. Such hot weather can make power lines droop and rails expand, requiring slower travel.
New Jersey Transit says its commuter trains are running 20 to 30 minutes late and some have been canceled. Commuter trains in the Philadelphia area also face possible delays.
Amtrak says it's putting technicians aboard trains and storing rescue locomotives every 30 to 50 miles in case of problems.
Amtrak says it had 15- to 20-minute delays Tuesday afternoon between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., because two commuter trains stalled due to electrical problems. Spokeswoman Vernae Graham says it's not immediately known if those problems were heat-related.
That ol' 90+ degree heat causes more'n electrical problems. Yep! The biggie bein' warped, out of guage rails.
I'd cancel all of 'em if I was runnin' the show. And declare a 'heat-emergency,' regionwide. All non-emergency business would shut down...and stay shut, until temps cooled down inta the 80s!
Nothin' would run! Ban all trucks, cars...ships, trains! Everything that runs on gasoline, diesel...natural gas. They all produce heat! More heat...
Everybody stay home! Cut back on everything! Including work!
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Stopped in at the Korean sandwich shop... And heard some guy tell the cook, "Yeah the steel melts in the heat, so they can't run them trains in New York!"
Wow! That IS hot! Hot enuff ta melt steel! Somebody call Stuppid Man in ta blow on the rails...and save the NEC!
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Hmm. That address doesnt look right. It looks like the link pointing here was faulty.
Stopped in at the Korean sandwich shop... And heard some guy tell the cook, "Yeah the steel melts in the heat, so they can't run them trains in New York!"
Wow! That IS hot! Hot enuff ta melt steel! Somebody call Stuppid Man in ta blow on the rails...and save the NEC!
