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The Physics of a Derailment - Explain
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Those forces result when the slack runs in and out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can lift cars off of the rails when running in, and string line cars off of the rails when running out.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">These slack effects can be unpredictable, so that maybe accounts for calling the above event an "anomaly." <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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