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Title: Clearing leaves with lasers Post by: Surrey 455 on December 05, 2014, 00:12:24 Quote Dutch rail company Nederlandse Spoorwegen has revealed that it is working with the Delft University of Technology and a British inventor to fit powerful lasers under two of its trains to burn away leaves from the tracks. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2860418/End-line-autumn-train-delays-Dutch-begin-trials-zap-leaf-litter-tracks-LASERS.htmlI hope the leaf dispersal trains don't catch fire like the one last week at Epsom. http://www.epsomguardian.co.uk/news/11629680.UPDATE__Firefighters_cross_playing_fields_to_reach_maintenance_train_fire_in_Epsom/ Title: Re: Clearing leaves with lasers Post by: BerkshireBugsy on December 05, 2014, 07:24:42 Mmm...I'm curious the headline refers to "lasers" but the text refers to "infra red" .i didn't think they were the same thing but maybe someone will correct/educate me :)
Title: Re: Clearing leaves with lasers Post by: ellendune on December 05, 2014, 07:43:28 Mmm...I'm curious the headline refers to "lasers" but the text refers to "infra red" .i didn't think they were the same thing but maybe someone will correct/educate me :) Lasers area concentrated ray of light so they can come in different colours of the spectrum including the infra-red (non visual) part of the spectrum.This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |