The contact between the wheel and the rail is only about the width of a dime, so putting a penny on the rails lifts up the whole wheel.
Andrew Falconer . . . A large, thick sheet of metal intentionally or accidentally laid across a grade crossing could cause a derailment. If a 1/4" thick sheet of steel fell out of a truck as it bounced over a grade crossing and it could not be moved before the locomotive hit it with both front wheels, that would most likely cause a derailment.
If a 1/4" thick sheet of steel fell out of a truck as it bounced over a grade crossing and it could not be moved before the locomotive hit it with both front wheels, that would most likely cause a derailment.
- Paul North.
Please do not put coins on the tracks. These can create shelled wheels and thus, gives me a harder day at work.
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