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Why wind socks at switch yards?
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Yes as the Trucker's would know, just because you are weighing 80,000 lbs does not mean that you are safe from the wind. <br /> <br /> I have had a tail wind in some western states that would push my truck up to 50 mph. <br /> <br /> I can understand how the wind would effect rail cars as well the wind may only be at 5 mph but pushing on a flat surface like a rail care or a semi truck that flat surface turns into a very big sail, for example a semi truck carrying a 53' trailer now has a 477 sq' sail for the wind to play with. <br /> <br /> In Uncle Sam’s Canoe Club (U.S. Navy), even though the ships now days do not have sails the wind catching the ships on the side can roll a ship several degrees. <br /> <br /> So yes hazard spills kicking cars they all would be very a good reason to know what direction the wind blows. So you would know the direction evils that may be approaching from. [2c][2c][2c]
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