An interesting article on track and heat issues. Instead of painting the sides of model rail rust colour to look like real track. Painting rail white could be more authentic in the future.


'Record heat across the United Kingdom is wreaking havoc on its rail networks — what is Australia doing differently?'

https://www.abc.net.au/n...-with-heatwave/101253132

'But this time temperatures passed 40C, smashing the previous UK high temperature record of 38.7C which was recorded in 2019.

Network Rail said the temperatures expanded every kilometre of rail by approximately 30cm.

"We have about 30,000km of rail on a normal day but the network is 9km longer today," it said.

By painting parts of the rails white so they absorbed less heat, analysing track stability in winter and making adjustments before the summer, the network said the rails were less likely to buckle.'