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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Vogon_Glory

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1. Extreme heat can bend rails out of alignment

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:57 PM

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As exasperating as I find current Amtrak attitudes towards train cancellations, I do approve of their caution regarding the current heat wave. Extreme heat can and does bent tracks out of alignment, and on the Northeast Corridor, where trains can run 85 mph and higher, these precautions sound sensible.

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