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International Railroad Discussion > Millipede swarms in JapanDate: 01/13/21 04:08 Millipede swarms in Japan Author: Ray_Murphy In North America we have 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas which emerge in huge swarms (but to my knowledge have never affected rail traffic). In mountainous parts of Japan, there are periodical millipede emergences that are so dense they have been known to stop rail traffic:
https://nyti.ms/3oEtYtJ Date: 01/13/21 09:49 Re: Millipede swarms in Japan Author: Lurch_in_ABQ A millipede's steam locomotive Whyte notation leg arrangement would be something like 0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2.........2-0 depending on the millipede species' leg count.
Date: 01/13/21 14:39 Re: Millipede swarms in Japan Author: Ray_Murphy Someone has made a comment to the NYT article saying that the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroasd railroad in Colorado has had problems with squished cicadas from time to time.
Ray Date: 01/13/21 16:02 Re: Millipede swarms in Japan Author: NDHolmes Never heard of the C&TS have cicada problems, but I have heard of them having problems with tent caterpillers by the thousands greasing up the climb from Chama through the forest.
Date: 01/14/21 09:19 Re: Millipede swarms in Japan Author: jello Lurch_in_ABQ Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > A millipede's steam locomotive Whyte notation leg > arrangement would be something like > 0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2.........2-0 depending on the > millipede species' leg count. 0-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4...4-0 actually. Two leg pairs per body segment, except for the 2nd-4th segments. |