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Would trains be more stable if their track were wider?

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Wider tracks has many advantages; we can have more stable trains, more interior options and increase of passenger/freight load per km of rail track. Technology has advanced considerably from the 7′ Brunel track made 150 years ago. read more

While there are a variety of track detection circuits and signalling strategies that help trains not crash into other trains, random objects like a fallen tree would nearly impossible to detect against all the other things that are out there. read more

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