How can a train jump the tracks?
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purple princess
ANSWERS: 4
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Debris on the track that gets lodged under a wheel can cause it to jump but the most common is going too fast around curves and the weight of the train tilting over.
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I've seen a train at Hammersmith in London that had jumped off it's track. It was due to a cracked rail. The train was on the track except for the lead bogie which was about 5 feet away and the lead car was angled. No one was hurt.
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Oh sure ... debris on the track, cracked rails, adverse weather conditions, even flooding, are all perfectly reasonable answers. But sometimes trains jump the tracks simply because they are horny. ;-)
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I can make my train do wheelies, so it's nothing too difficult.
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