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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by hermitdev on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @03:47PM (#17656430)
The tracks are lit on fire only in areas where they don't have the right of way to install heaters. It's not to keep the tracks from icing up - it's to prevent the switches from freezing up. Rode the UPW Metra line for about 12 years.
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