Sinking State of Bangladesh: Idiotic Musings

[The Juggernaut]

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[Anonymous Bharata]

Oh my gaawd, I am so scared, what do I do now

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[ArjunMK1A]

I live in Mumbai where Yahoos would regularly climb the roofs of local EMUs in my childhood during the 1990s . You don't see it today but back in the 80s & 90s it wasn't uncommon.

Hell I've seen people stand on the roof of such trains dodging OHE . That's how the got their kicks perhaps.

May be they are 1500V DC systems. Even they are dangerous, AC Systems with 25K is lethal. Since it is an mini EMF field going around, anything near we go we will suffer serious injury. Mumbai used to have Jessop 1500V EMU for some time, then we moved to traditional 25K V system. One catch is the frequency is 50 Hz so there is no skin effect. But higher frequency, the current will travel outside the conductor like waves. Learnt from our professor why High Voltage lines were outright dangerous. Even if we go 5 feet near them, we will die from eletrocution. Any birds tries to fly in between will die since the current is moving outside the conductor.

 

[Azaad]

May be they are 1500V DC systems. Even they are dangerous, AC Systems with 25K is lethal. Since it is an mini EMF field going around, anything near we go we will suffer serious injury. Mumbai used to have Jessop 1500V EMU for some time, then we moved to traditional 25K V system. One catch is the frequency is 50 Hz so there is no skin effect. But higher frequency, the current will travel outside the conductor like waves. Learnt from our professor why High Voltage lines were outright dangerous. Even if we go 5 feet near them, we will die from eletrocution. Any birds tries to fly in between will die since the current is moving outside the conductor.

Not an electrical engineer but a mechanical engineer so these concepts are difficult for me to understand. However if one goes by your logic the EMF created should also affect those riding the doorways of the coaches but I've yet to come across such cases.

Now while riding the roof is nearly zero these days , the local trains carrying 3-4 times its capacity of 1500 - 1800 passengers per trip during rush hour sees people hanging by the doorway & many a times outside it for there's simply no place inside.

Anyway here're stock pictures of people riding the roof . Most pictures must be from the period I've mentioned earlier namely the 80s & 90s since they're in colour although some could be from the early 2000s as well.

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[vin pahadi (kumauni)]

I live in Mumbai where Yahoos would regularly climb the roofs of local EMUs in my childhood during the 1990s . You don't see it today but back in the 80s & 90s it wasn't uncommon.

Hell I've seen people stand on the roof of such trains dodging OHE . That's how the got their kicks perhaps.

yeah....even sitting on jeep roof was common 10 years ago in villages (uttarakhand)....now not seeing anyone sat on roofs from 5 years in villages.
personaly i sat on jeep roof only once in my life for 20 km ride,,,,,it was awesome. specially when one side hv hilly mountain nd other side hv deep valley. very adventurous nd fun .