WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat's the craziest thing you've seen on public transportation?message-squaremessage-square193linkfedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down112
arrow-up1164arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the craziest thing you've seen on public transportation?WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square193linkfedilink
minus-squareButteryMonkey@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoDoes that cause a lot of damage, either to the rails or the … tram bits?
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months 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 months 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)