Home | Open Account | Help | 312 users online |
Member Login
Discussion
Media SharingHostingLibrarySite Info |
European Railroad Discussion > On a dime...Date: 07/18/21 03:24 On a dime... Author: petmew As I was looking through my pictures, I found this one.
This is all the contact a wheel is making with the rail (if both are in good condition): https://cdn.trainorders.com/attachments/thumbs/1566000/6700_Wheelcontact_60f401244f156.jpg Date: 07/18/21 04:48 Re: On a dime... Author: GPutz Thank you for these interesting pictures. Gerry
Date: 07/18/21 04:50 Re: On a dime... Author: exhaustED That's amazing! Flangetastic!!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/20/21 14:03 by exhaustED. Date: 07/20/21 13:05 Re: On a dime... Author: colehour I read that statistic some years ago, but this is the first photo to show what it's like. Impressive! Thanks for posting.
Date: 07/22/21 14:25 Re: On a dime... Author: Latebeans I read somewhere that the actual contact area is about the size of a dime.
|