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I don't think so. I have done it before and no derailed train. But I belive the shooing penny can cause death.
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Is it against the Law to put a penny on a traintrack?
The main law you would have to worry about is trespassing. Homeland Security has put special restrictions on trespassing on railroad property. There is a rumor that putting a penny on a railroad track could cause it to derail, however, this seems unlikely due to the weight of the train and the friction between the two metals.
Track for train?
Railroad
A line of connected railroad cars on a track?
train
What is a compound word for track for trains?
A compound word for train tracks would be railroad or railroad tracks.
How do you use the word derail in a sentence?
I just can't look away from that train that is about to derail.
What has thousands of ribs and two backbones?
A train track
How can you use derail in a sentence?
A boulder or tree on the line could derail the train.
Where can one purchase Hornby model railroad track?
One can purchase a Hornby model railroad track through several specialty model train sites such as new railway modellers, model railroad, hornby, and gpj model railroad.
Is there some way you can steer a train?
No, it is controlled by simply breaking and accelerating. They might derail (go off the track) only if they are going too fast on a turn
Is the old saying true that if you put your ear to a railroad track you can hear a train that is mile away?
Yes, if there is no other force acting upon the railroad track then you would be able to hear the train about a mile away. Unfortunately this is dangerous because there is no way to tell exactly how far away the train is.
People sometimes put their e at on a railroad track to see a train is coming it work because the iron rail?
People sometimes put their ear on a railroad track to see if a train is coming. It does not work because of the iron rail, it works because of the vibrations the train makes on the rail as it is moving.
What is one of the things a driver should look for when crossing a railroad track?
look for the train coming.
