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Anonymous Tue 07 Aug 2018 22:01:35 No.1222089 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1222091 >>1222110 >>1222129 >>1222185 >>1222270 >>1222280 >>1223108

How do they make train tracks so parallel?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Aug 2018 22:17:48 No.1222091 Report

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>>1222089
lurk moar

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Aug 2018 22:46:44 No.1222097 Report

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Magnets.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 00:06:07 No.1222107 Report

Quoted By: >>1222110

lasers

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 00:19:57 No.1222110 Report

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>>1222089
The secret is that they're really not as straight as you think.

>>1222107
This is closer with tampers using lasers and shadow boards.

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Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 00:54:56 No.1222115 Report

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They're made straight at the factory under precise quality control. When MOW crews lay them down, they line up a yardstick against the joint to make sure they're not crooked.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 02:38:06 No.1222129 Report

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>>1222089
magic

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 03:19:59 No.1222133 Report

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Nanomachines.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 06:51:02 No.1222173 Report

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Chinamen knew their shit

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Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 10:04:36 No.1222185 Report

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>>1222089
err... but dat pic clearly shows they're not parallel.

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Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 15:58:25 No.1222267 Report

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pic related

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 16:08:16 No.1222270 Report

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>>1222089
With great difficulty:
https://youtu.be/GHmyYqfNYnc

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Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 16:38:29 No.1222280 Report

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>>1222089
>parallel
real tracks have curves

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 17:13:17 No.1222297 Report

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>>1222270
>Those first cars rolling into the bowl going at least 10 mph
>Waiting for them to slam into that coupling and let out an earth rocking thunder
>Come screeching to a hault because they derail
It's almost like a cheesy punchline to a joke.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 08 Aug 2018 17:35:26 No.1222303 Report

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>>1222297
Just wait until it gets to the part with the hump yard using wooden chocks under the wheels of each car to slow them because the retarders don't work.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Aug 2018 08:15:53 No.1223056 Report

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>>1222270
The Pennsy died for this. What a sad end to one of the most iconic railroads.
The only good things that come out of Penn Central were Conrail and Amtrak's Northeast Corrdior. And even those proved to be a mixed blessing.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Aug 2018 12:22:44 No.1223108 Report

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>>1222089
Lasers and shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Aug 2018 12:48:41 No.1223116 Report

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>>1222173
>He didn't, like, build the railroads, man!

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