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TRAIN ROUTE ALONG THE RHINE RIVER, GERMANY

  • The color of exhaust you see coming out of a steam locomotive’s smoke stack indicates how efficiently it is burning fuel. Darker or blacker smoke is an indication that small fuel particles (coal, wood, fuel oil, etc.) have made it through the firebox unburned and are therefore wasted. Light or nearly invisible exhaust means that the locomotive fuel is mostly burned and transformed into heat, carbon dioxide, water, and trace elements. Factors affecting how efficient a locomotive burns fuel include the skill of the fireman on the engine, the quality of the fuel used, the design of the locomotive itself, and the amount of work the engine is doing. Similar concerns affect the efficiency of internal combustion engine locomotives as well.
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Rhine River water levels plumb new depths, but rain forecast | News | DW | 15.08.2022

At one notorious shallow point at Kaub, between Mainz and Koblenz, the water level had dipped to 32 centimeters (12.5 inches) by late morning; 5 centimeters lower than the same time the previous day. The water level doesn't indicate the literal depth, but rather how far above an extremely shallow benchmark it is at any given time.

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https://www.dw.com/en/rhine-river-water-levels-plumb-new-depths-but-rain-forecast/a-62809445

Rhine River water levels plumb new depths, but rain forecast | DW | 15.08.2022

Europe's second-largest river is continuing to dry up, affecting freight barges and even forcing one passenger ferry to halt its operations entirely. But rain is forecast this week.

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