I work in the rail industry in north america. Where I am we have shallow grades (0.6% max) and we like to run trains at least 0.5 HP/ton or more. That is house is 0.005 HP/ton.
I work in the rail industry in north america. Where I am we have shallow grades (0.6% max) and we like to run trains at least 0.5 HP/ton or more. That is house is 0.005 HP/ton.
This 11,000-ton building was rotated 90 degrees in 1930... while the 600 people working in it still continued to work there every day. There were no interruptions to the building's utilities...
This 11,000-ton building was rotated 90 degrees in 1930... while the 600 people working in it still continued to work there every day. There were no interruptions to the building's utilities (elevators, water, sewage, electricity, gas, phone) during the move. People in the building reported that they did not feel the building moving. https://youtu.be/DGegneT9KfQ
The Technical Difficulties youtube channel with Tom and his buddies is also great, IMO, and he said he would be doing those more frequently going forwards now too. I miss their old "Citation...
The Technical Difficulties youtube channel with Tom and his buddies is also great, IMO, and he said he would be doing those more frequently going forwards now too. I miss their old "Citation Needed" lying challenge game, but the new videos are still really good too.
The central hub is absolutely incredible. I'm glad that there were graphics to explain it, because this is a work of art. The owner was labeled as homeowner and inventor, and he definitely lived...
The central hub is absolutely incredible. I'm glad that there were graphics to explain it, because this is a work of art. The owner was labeled as homeowner and inventor, and he definitely lived up to that.
600,000 pounds and driven by a 1.5 horsepower motor. Mechanical advantage is a hell of a thing.
I work in the rail industry in north america. Where I am we have shallow grades (0.6% max) and we like to run trains at least 0.5 HP/ton or more. That is house is 0.005 HP/ton.
I wouldn't have thought of looking up relevant numbers from rail transit - very interesting!
Ah ya, just because its my industry. My thought was, sure a maxed our train is 100x more power per ton, but a train also goes 100x faster.
This 11,000-ton building was rotated 90 degrees in 1930... while the 600 people working in it still continued to work there every day. There were no interruptions to the building's utilities (elevators, water, sewage, electricity, gas, phone) during the move. People in the building reported that they did not feel the building moving.
https://youtu.be/DGegneT9KfQ
I’m going to miss his videos
His podcast is quite good and he plans to continue it beyond when his videos will stop.
The Technical Difficulties youtube channel with Tom and his buddies is also great, IMO, and he said he would be doing those more frequently going forwards now too. I miss their old "Citation Needed" lying challenge game, but the new videos are still really good too.
I tried it and found the tone kind of annoying & unapproachable despite liking the rest of his content :(
The central hub is absolutely incredible. I'm glad that there were graphics to explain it, because this is a work of art. The owner was labeled as homeowner and inventor, and he definitely lived up to that.