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UNITED STATES CANADA AFGHANISTAN ALAND ISLANDS ALBANIA ALGERIA AMERICAN SAMOA ANDORRA ANGOLA ANGUILLA ANTARCTICA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA ARUBA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BERMUDA BHUTAN BOLIVIA BORNEO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BOUVET ISLAND (BOUVETOYA) BRAZIL BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS BRUNEI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANAL ZONE CAPE VERDE CAYMAN ISLANDS CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA CHRISTMAS ISLAND COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS COLOMBIA COMOROS CONGO COOK ISLANDS COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA CUBA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DAGESTAN DENMARK DJIBOUTI DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) FAROE ISLANDS FIJI THE FIJI ISLANDS FINLAND FRANCE FRENCH GUIANA FRENCH POLYNESIA FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES GABON GAMBIA THE GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GIBRALTAR GREECE GREENLAND GRENADA GUADELOUPE GUATEMALA GUERNSEY GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA HAITI HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) HONDURAS HONG KONG HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISLE OF MAN ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JERSEY JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KIRIBATI KOREA KUWAIT KYRGYZ REPUBLIC KYRGYZSTAN LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LAOS LATVIA LEBANON LEEWARD ISLANDS LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAO MACEDONIA MADAGASCAR MADEIRA ISLAND MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MALTA MARSHALL ISLANDS THE MARTINIQUE MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MAYOTTE MEXICO MICRONESIA MOLDOVA MONACO MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MONTSERRAT MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NAURU NEPAL NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NETHERLANDS THE NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA NIUE NORFOLK ISLAND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS NORWAY OKINAWA OMAN PAKISTAN PALAU PALESTINIAN TERRITORY PANAMA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES THE PITCAIRN ISLANDS POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR REUNION ROMANIA RUSSIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION RWANDA SAINT BARTHELEMY SAINT HELENA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT LUCIA SAINT MARTIN SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SAMOA SAN MARINO SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA (SLOVAK REPUBLIC) SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAME SVALBARD & JAN MAYEN ISLANDS SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TAHITI TAIWAN TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA THAILAND TIMOR-LESTE TOGO TOKELAU TONGA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TRISTAN CUNHA TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TUVALU UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VANUATU VENEZUELA VIETNAM WALLIS AND FUTUNA WESTERN SAHARA YEMEN ZAIRE ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE

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This webcast will provide you with a thorough overview of thermal forces and CWR adjusting, and provide sound methods to identify track areas with the potential for sun kinks. The presentation includes an overview of what to look for — before a track buckle occurs — through a series of examples and calculations presented in such a way that is easily understood.

You will learn the importance of doing your calculations correctly and the consequences of doing them incorrectly. Presenter John Zuspan's goal is to ensure you grasp the importance of doing it right the first time.

You will learn how to apply his derailment-preventing strategies while understanding these significant topics:
Review of the track structure
Thermal forces and the calculations
Internal forces and how to calculate them
Understanding and assigning risk
Very quick procedure for proper thermal adjusting
Maintaining neutral temperature
The VeRSE

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