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[quote user="Poppa_Zit"] Copper is one of the softest, most malleable and ductile metals. It doesn't stand a chance against the hardness of train wheels or rails. It does NOT have the property of being able to "squirt" when pressed between wheel and rail. It will easily flatten and the heat generated by the flattening (pressure) action makes it stick momentarily to the wheel until centifugal force causes it to fly off.From an impeccable source:""I called a few railroad track construction, maintenance and repair companies (these places are thrilled when girls call) and asked specifically if a penny on the railroad track could cause a train derailment. Vern, Lee and Brad all told me absolutely not. According to Lee, a train engine weighs over ten tons and very small objects won't cause a train to run off the track. A very large boulder, cow or car--maybe. Most derailments are caused by breaks or fissures in the rail or wheel defects... " [url=http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtrackpenny.html]The Straight Dope: Will a penny on the tracks derail a train?[/url] [/quote]A penny won't derail a train, but penny smashers tend to push the envelope, quickly moving on to nickles, dimes, and quarters, sometimes one on top of another, to see how the coin images stretch, and meld together as they transfer from one coin to another.  They do tend to stick to the wheels and get flung into the ballast where they become lost like needles in a haystack.  And penny smashing can be a gateway to more sinister horseplay.  Some penny smashers have at least wondered what would happen to a spike.
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