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

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Date: 07/18/21 04:48
Re: On a dime...
Author: GPutz

Thank you for these interesting pictures. Gerry

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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.

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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.

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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.

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