Specifically the fractured track was a soldered joint that joined a track from 1989 with a new one from a few weeks ago.

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LorenPechtel 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This was a track laid a few weeks ago? I think that's the problem.

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jacquesm 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Soldered eh? No wonder then that it broke.

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exidy 2 hours ago | parent [-]

English is unusual in that we have both Germanic "weld" and Latinate "solder" and they've acquired different meanings. Spanish (and other Romance languages) use the term "solder" (soldado) for both.

	▲	duskwuff an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		As an aside: Chinese also uses the same term for both (焊接), and the standard English translation is "welding". This can lead to some confusion when Chinese manufacturers start talking about e.g. "surface-mount welding". :)
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