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-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)
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)