The train tracks need to be disrupted and destroyed. There are videos now taken down on You Tube. showing the bombing of apartment buildings near railroad tracks. Putin wants to move his tanks and reenforcements supplies from China and 16.000 Syrian soldiers via railroad.
He is killing civilians to bring in heavy artillary. The Ukrainians are in the way of his plans.
Trains can't move without engines pulling them. Engines have wheels. It is uncertain if Putin is taking the time to armor his engines. Tank missiles will work. However, the disruption of train tracks will definitively slow the movement of reinforcements. There is always a chance Putin will have workers to repair the tracks. Stop them if it is possible.
There is a fall in electricity production from the nuclear plants once again. That might be a good sign of the nuclear reactors coming off of line and sequestering the fuel. The other dynamic could be that people running the reactors are Ukrainians and are exhausted with possible radiation exposure. The workers in the plants are more like POW and probably haven't seen food or water. So, shutting them down by the remaining workers might be the only reasonable option.
The ignition of diesel fuel (click here) pushes pistons connected to an electric generator. The resulting electricity powers motors connected to the wheels of the locomotive. A “diesel” internal combustion engine uses the heat generated from the compression of air during the upward cycles of the stroke to ignite the fuel. The inventor Dr. Rudolph Diesel designed this type of engine. It was patented in 1892.
Diesel fuel is stored in a fuel tank and delivered to the engine by an electric fuel pump. Diesel fuel has become the preferred fuel for railroad locomotive use due to its lower volatility, lower cost, and common availability.
The diesel engine (A) is the main component of the diesel-electric locomotive. It is an internal combustion engine comprised of several cylinders connected to a common crankshaft. Fuel is ignited by the intense compression, pushing the piston down. The piston’s movement turns a crankshaft.
The diesel engine is connected to the main generator (B), which converts the engine’s mechanical power to electrical power. The electricity is then distributed to traction motors (C) through circuits established by various switchgear components.
Because it is always turning, whether the locomotive is moving or not, the main generator’s output is controlled by the excitation field current to its windings.
The engineer controls the power output of the locomotive by using an electrically-controlled throttle. As it is opened, more fuel is injected into the engine’s cylinders, increasing its mechanical power output. Main generator excitation increases, increasing its electrical output.
Each traction motor (C) is directly geared to a pair of driving wheels. The use of electricity as the “transmission” for the locomotive is far more reliable than using a mechanical transmission and clutch. Starting a heavy train from a dead stop would burn out a clutch in a brief time.
