These days its mostly for signaling purposes.
Railroad tracks are split into sections because there is a limit as to how long of a piece of steel you can transport.
train tracks or a railroad
Train tracks are magnetic.
Train tracks
You don't tie people to the train tracks. You can hogtie them and put them on the train tracks though.
Yes. Train tracks are metal because if they were wooden such fast moving train wheels will cause friction on the wooden tracks, setting them on fire.
You can acquire a cannon for your train on Spirit tracks.
Railroad tracks are made from steel.
People walk on train tracks for different reasons. Some people walk on tracks because it's a shorter distance to get where they are going. Some people may walk on train tracks because they enjoy the quietness of the paths that the train runs along. We used to walk the tracks when I was a teenager because we picked the raspberries that grew along the train path.
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The new continuous rail makes for a more comfortable ride because you don't have the noise from running over the joints. Continuous rails also do not have fish plates (metal splices that hold the sections together) that will loosen up so there is less maintenance.