As someone living near a railway station, I can’t help but wonder why there are gaps between rails. Why would something like a railroad, which holds thousands of tons of load, have some gap between them if we need them to be highly durable. Thus, I began researching the purpose of these small spaces. The…
After building your train layout, you might get super excited to run them for a long time. However, you might worry if you would be stressing your model’s motor. Trains are a great display but running them for longer than they can would break their motor. Thus, we need to understand how long we should…
Derailment is a big issue both for the train users and its owners. For one, it can cause a lot of inconveniences for its users, such as delays and injuries. On the train owners, fixing a derailment can be pretty expensive; that costs around $25,000 on average to resolve a derailment. Serious derailment can even…
I live near a train station, and I sometimes hear the train police saying that putting coins on train tracks isn’t allowed and is dangerous. But why? Are coins causing some issues on the train? Why do people put coins on train tracks? Why would it be dangerous for the train, its passengers, and the…
When I was riding a train to work, I wondered what would happen if the trains ran without their tracks. Thus, I started researching why trains have tracks and what it is for. After my research, I learned a lot of exciting things that I would want to share through this post. Theoretically speaking, trains…
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