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Ukrainian Armed Forces strike railway tracks in Kursk’s Lgov, says mayor

According to Klemeshov, four arrivals were recorded in the city. Two residential buildings and the railway tracks of the Lgov-Kyiv station were damaged. There was also a fire in a warehouse of one of the city’s factories. No residents were injured.

“I do not recommend that anyone who left the city return until the situation has finally stabilized,” the mayor wrote.

  • ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    In use, the plough is lowered to rip up the middle of the track as it is hauled along by a locomotive. This action breaks the wooden ties (sleepers) which forces the steel rails out of alignment, making the line impassable by later rail vehicles.

    In a lot of places the wood has been replaced by reinforced concrete, I’m not sure if the ploughs can be used anymore.

    • Tar_Alcaran
      3·
      2 months ago

      I’m not a railroad person, but the locomotives have gotten bigger too