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European Railroad Discussion > Slovakia, Part 3 — Applying sand for traction, Bratislava tramsDate: 11/18/22 22:25 Slovakia, Part 3 — Applying sand for traction, Bratislava trams Author: gobbl3gook Date: 11/18/22 22:34 Re: Slovakia, Part 3 — Applying sand for traction, Bratislava t Author: gobbl3gook Lots of sand in the street here, indicating it's pretty routine to apply sand. Apparently in clear, dry weather.
![]() ![]() ![]() Date: 11/18/22 22:40 Re: Slovakia, Part 3 — Applying sand for traction, Bratislava t Author: gobbl3gook Date: 11/18/22 22:42 Re: Slovakia, Part 3 — Applying sand for traction, Bratislava t Author: gobbl3gook Date: 11/19/22 07:23 Re: Slovakia, Part 3 — Applying sand for traction, Bratislava t Author: MEKoch Nice repairs to old buildings!!
Posted from iPhone Date: 11/19/22 10:15 Re: Slovakia, Part 3 — Applying sand for traction, Bratislava t Author: mile250 It looks like they use rails with integral flangeways (as would be embedded in pavement) for guard rails OUTSIDE the running rails. I recall seeing this in a video of street running in an Eastern European city.
Date: 11/19/22 10:30 Re: Slovakia, Part 3 — Applying sand for traction, Bratislava t Author: Lackawanna484 When Slovakia was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, Pressburg, now Bratislava, was a very wealthy trading city on the Danube. The architecture reflects that wealth
Date: 11/19/22 16:20 Re: Slovakia, Part 3 — Applying sand for traction, Bratislava t Author: boejoe Photo 5 shows black strips on either side of both rails. Purpose? Nice photos. Thanks.
jb Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/19/22 16:21 by boejoe. Date: 11/20/22 09:22 Re: Slovakia, Part 3 — Applying sand for traction, Bratislava t Author: 86235 Lackawanna484 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > When Slovakia was part of the Austro-Hungarian > empire, Pressburg, now Bratislava, was a very > wealthy trading city on the Danube. The > architecture reflects that wealth Pressburg was the German name, but as the city was actually in the Kingdom of Hungary it's name until 1918 was Pozsony. The name Bratislava (which has no historical precedent) was chosen by the new state of Czechoslovakia because it sounded neither German nor Hungarian! Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/22 10:23 by 86235. Date: 11/20/22 10:06 Re: Slovakia, Part 3 — Applying sand for traction, Bratislava t Author: gobbl3gook Boejoe -- rubber strips are a rubber "boot" to insulate the rails from the ground? Odd that they are intermittent, though.
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