Katla volcano near the volcano that blew several years ago is acting up with many earthquakes. Katla is rated at least 10 times more powerful than the nearby one.
Now the US and Canada probably would not suffer from fallout unless a very small chance of adverse winds happens. But the effects on Europe and Russia may be great. Any way it is something to watch.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/iceland-volcano-katla-glacier-threat-of-eruption/
Streak,
What has this to do with railroading??
Mac
PNWRMNM Streak, What has this to do with railroading?? Mac
The same thing it did the last Iceland volcano by overloading European RRs when airlines could not fly ! z
http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/172482.aspx?page=1
I was going to activate the link, but it already is - you need to "mouse over" it to see that, though.
- PDN.
How do railroads deal with the aftermath of a large volcanoic eruption?
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/yellowstone_sub_page_91.html
A review of what happened after Mt St Helens would be enlightening.
Just for general operation, I think I'd be ordering a lot of filter elements...
Might want to run a ballast regulator/broom down the tracks to help keep the fines from filtering into the ballast. Might need to individually clean switches.
During the big dust storms on the plains, railroads were known to run snowplows to clear the dirt from the rails. Might depend on how much ash fell in a given location.
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