WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat's the craziest thing you've seen on public transportation?message-squaremessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down111
arrow-up1163arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the craziest thing you've seen on public transportation?WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square198fedilink
minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoA lot of trams carry sand that they can put on the rails to get more grip when they need to break really fast. That might be what happened there
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoYep, they did indeed sand. But I never expected this antique fuc-er to stop on a stamp like that. I’m glad it was still slow at that point, or it would have been a big problem.
minus-squareButteryMonkey@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoDoes that cause a lot of damage, either to the rails or the … tram bits?
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoIt 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-up4·3 days agoNo, 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)
A lot of trams carry sand that they can put on the rails to get more grip when they need to break really fast. That might be what happened there
Yep, they did indeed sand. But I never expected this antique fuc-er to stop on a stamp like that. I’m glad it was still slow at that point, or it would have been a big problem.
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)