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Yorkshire apprentice invents device to keep rats off railway cables
Original: A young lad in # Yorkshire on an # Engineering # apprenticeship has made a device that blocks # rats and other # wildlif
A young engineering apprentice in Yorkshire has built a device that stops rats and other wildlife from getting into railway signal cabinets and gnawing cables. Rodent damage to signal wiring is a known cause of train delays in Britain, and the device also protects the animals from electric shocks. People online are praising the invention as a clever, humane fix to a persistent rail problem.
Why now: The invention addresses a familiar cause of UK rail delays while also protecting the animals, making it a feel-good engineering story.
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- A young lad in # Yorkshire on an # Engineering # apprenticeship has made a device that blocks # rats and other # wildlife from getting into # railway signal cabinets and gnawing # cables , which causes many delays to trains (it even protects the rats from electric shocks!) #… · vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de · 33
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