Subway cars to be converted into emergency pump trains

New York subway tracks (Photo: F Muhammad/Pixabay)

USA: Redundant New York Subway cars are to be converted into mobile pump trains which can be used to remove water from tunnels following hurricanes and unusually heavy rainfall.

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