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WEATHER AFFECTS every kind of outdoor activity. For as long as they have been in existence, railroads have been impacted by weather conditions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and in all seasons. Railroads have designed structures and right-of-ways to minimize weather problems, built refrigerated freight cars and air-conditioned passenger trains to reduce weather stress, and found ways to function in all forms of adverse weather, ranging from floods to snowstorms.
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Changnon, S.A. (2006). Dealing with the Weather. In: Railroads and Weather. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-878220-09-7_1
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