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Odd sights onboard Russia’s Sapsan train
The flagship train of the Russian Railways is the Сапсан (Sapsan) – with a maximum speed of 250 km/h it links the capital of Moscow with Saint Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod in half the time of normal trains. However this is Russia, and what you find inside may amuse.
Keeping ice off the overhead wires
In a land of freezing cold winters, it isn’t just the tracks that get covered with snow – ice builds up on the overhead lines used to power electric trains, acting as an electrical insulator to prevent the pantograph contacting the wire, which interrupts the flow of current and creates a shower of sparks. So what issues does that cause to rail operations?
Posted in Trains
Tagged pantographs, railway electrification, railways in the snow, Russia, Russian Railways, snow, winter
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