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because it helps accumulation of wastes (for example feces) thrown out from train by using the help of heat generated by the sun light, it also helps preventing water accumulation in train tract to an greater extend..
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What is the foundation for the rails and ties of a railroad?
The ballast is set in a graded bed. The graded soil must be level to set the rails and ties. Gravel, or ballast, is laid between the ties and rails, and tamped down.
Why is it that railways tracks laid with gaps in between their end?
The gaps between rails allow for expansion from heat. The space for expansion prebents buckling.
When metal railway tracks are laid workers leave a small 1cm space between the rails why is this done?
For heat expansion.
Why were wooden rails laid for waggons to run on?
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What is the reason for laying a stone aggregate around a railway track?
Fine aggregate mimics the (real-life) crushed stone 'ballast' used to spread the load of a train over as wide an area as possible. If the rails were just laid on bare ground, they would sink as soon as a train passed over them.
How do railroad workers make railroads?
Its simple actually. Ties made of wood are laid down first. Then tie plates, metal plates that protect the ties from the rails weight and force are laid on the tie where the rails will be laid. Next, the rails are laid over the tie plates. Then metal spikes are driven through holes in the tie plates to hold them to the ties. A small metal "lip" on the spikes also helps secure the rails to the ground. Finally, special hopper cars, called Ballast hoppers dispense gravel over the ties, and a machine called a tamper inserts vibrating tongs into the gravel ballast and shake the gravel into the spaces between the ties. This finishes the railroad tracks. However, the joints, switches, communications, signals, and other infrastructure also has to be built. These are more complicated and more time consuming.
What is the definition of the Railroad?
Steel rails laid and pinned down on ties embedded in gravel so that trains may run on them.
What is the function of the gaps at the railway?
It depends which gaps you mean! Older track was laid in discrete sections with gaps left between them to allow for expansion on hot days. There are gaps between rails at the points which are used to connect different tracks together in turn. Is this what you mean?
Why Railway tracks are laid on large sleepers?
The sleepers - provide a solid surface for the rails to be anchored to. If the tracks were just laid n the ground, they would move every time a train went over them.
What are paving stones?
Rectangular slabs of rock or concrete used to make a laid floor or sidewalk surface.
What are some possible barriers to completing the Taj Mahal?
getting the massive marble stones laid in place and getting them there.
What material was used to build the porcelain tower of Nanjing?
it was built with White Porcelain Bricks Inter-laid with Coloured stones
