• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    pretty much every track has been replaces many times since then

    Of course! But the way they’re laid hasn’t, something about flat curves that would take a lot of money to incline so instead they built inclining trains. It’s not my argument, just something I read. If you think it’s nonsense I’d like to know why.

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      2 days ago

      the corners are banked, but they’re too sharp so you need to tilt even more to get through comfortably at high speed.

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      Huh, kinda makes sense how all the funding goes to roads. If it’s everyone speeding or going too fast for the road design, they’ll have to spend more to make the roads safer. If trains are going too fast for the railroad, they only have to replace the conductor to keep the train from derailing. No need to improve the design.