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Due to the weights of the vehicles and the low coefficient of friction between a smooth steel rail and wheel, railroads are limited in the sharpness of curves they can follow and the amount of grade, or slope, they can climb.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoWell, you see bridges can be built over water as well as overland so over water would help by letting the cars cross the water without actually being in the water :D Actully it would be pretty hard to have a car cross water.
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∙ 9y agoThere were several reasons that bridges and tunnels were important to railroads. The main reason was that without them, trains would not have been able to travel through mountains.
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∙ 7y agotunnels were important in eliminating the long way up and down in valleys and around mountains.
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