WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 16 天前What's the craziest thing you've seen on public transportation?message-squaremessage-square190linkfedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down10
arrow-up1170arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the craziest thing you've seen on public transportation?WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 16 天前message-square190linkfedilink
minus-squareButteryMonkey@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 天前Does that cause a lot of damage, either to the rails or the … tram bits?
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 天前It is far worse to not use sand, then the wheels will lock up and slide for longer, developing flat spots which will destroy the rails they run on
minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 天前No, I don’t think so. There is cleanup required on the rails of course, but it’s used fairly regularly in some places I think when the tracks are wet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_(locomotive)
Does that cause a lot of damage, either to the rails or the … tram bits?
It is far worse to not use sand, then the wheels will lock up and slide for longer, developing flat spots which will destroy the rails they run on
No, I don’t think so. There is cleanup required on the rails of course, but it’s used fairly regularly in some places I think when the tracks are wet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_(locomotive)