The fun and frolics of a track teddy, the alter-ego of Dan the rail man. All views my own and subject to change. Also on https://nitter.gq/t.co/zQHW69O5Dc
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Lots of noise around the raw materials that are "saving" British Steel.
Lets explore a few of them 🧵
#BritishSteel #Steel
ALT A large pile of coke/coal
ALT Aerial photo of a huge open cast mine
ALT Red hot liquid steel being poured into a ladle
ALT Man wearing gas mask surrounded by orange smoke
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Has @GoSafeCymru become NoSafeCymru?
The end of bike camera reporting in Wales?
road.cc/content/news/police-…
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Sometimes you win
Sometimes you lose
Sometimes the wheels fall off.
Today has been one of those sorts of days.
Share a photo of how your day is going?
#humpday
ALT Photo of a broken office chair leg and wheeled castor held in one hand with an office chair in the background.
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The latest in my very niche series of #rail101 articles looking at how railway rails die and degrade. This one looks at the wobbly world of rail corrugation. Satisfy your rail nerdism here > linkedin.com/pulse/rail101-h…
#railway #engineering #trains #trams #metro
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After casting you need to turn that block of steel into a rail.
This is how.
bit.ly/4lOPbiy
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So we've made a rail. That's it right? No, not by a long way.
There is loads of inspection needed to make sure it is fit for a lifetime of service. That might be up to 100 years!
bit.ly/42gXtYD
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I'm a rail nerd with a steel background.
There is a lot of press about UK steel making and @BritishSteelUK so here is something I wrote quite a while ago about how rails are made there.
bit.ly/4jgw7YM
#rail #rail101 #steel #BritishSteel
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Last but not least rails need finishing to meet the requirements of customers. That means the right length, drilling holes and expanding them (yes really), and welding them to longer lengths if needed too.
bit.ly/42BZlKD
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We did use UK coal in the past but those saying we should dig a new mine in Cumbria are therefore asking British steel to make bigger financial losses.
To those that question whether the Cumbria coal seam is high sulphur - well get your shovel out and prove the geologists wrong.
ALT Shovel in a big pile of earth
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