Winter-proof railroad switch has been on the shelf for almost ten years
An invention that could largely reduce the number of switch failures on the railways in winter weather has been on the shelf for almost ten years. “Every time a few snowflakes fall, the Netherlands suffocates all travellers,” says Richard de Roos, the inventor of a winter-proof rail switch. Although various specialists have embraced the solution, nothing has been done with it so far.
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