Why Don’t Railroads Need Expansion Joints?

A massive thank you to everyone at Goldschmidt for making this possible. With special thanks to Dr. Axel Hoeschen, Christof Gassmann and Claudia Koch. If you want to learn all the details about why we don’t need expansion joints anymore, check out Grady’s excellent video here: youtu.be/zqmOSMAtadc Practical Engineering. Why Railroads Don't Need Expansion Joints youtu.be/zqmOSMAtadc

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