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Placing a cover over the area between the tracks makes it much more difficult to inspect the ties (sleepers) and ballast.
by tryagainian 2mo ago
Placing a cover over the area between the tracks makes it much more difficult to inspect the ties (sleepers) and ballast.
- inglor_cz 2mo agoYes, worsened inspection is a non-trivial problem. Very high quality sleepers (I wouldn't expect any other kind in Switzerland) mitigate this, but copying such approach in other countries could spell trouble.
- LaurensBER 2mo agoI'm not an expert but I think the SBB is already pretty good at handling this. I think they already run measuring wagons (Oberbaumesswagen) with grond penetrating reader and ultrasonic measurement and use flow sensors to monitor drainage. I would expect that the solar panels impact the efficiency at least somewhat but apparently not enough to cause real and enough issues for the SBB or perhaps they see ways to improve this in the future.