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Is their any differentail in trains?

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Anonymous

∙ 16y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

There is no differential on trains as compared to the differential in a car or truck. When going through a turn the wheels go at different speeds because one is traveling further than the other. Without a differential one wheel would be dragged through the turn. The railroad replaces the differential with a tapered tread on the wheel. As the train goes through the curve the taper on the wheels allows for the different rotation speeds.

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∙ 16y ago

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