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Why Slippers are kept under a railway line?

abeysiri thusitha ∙

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∙ 5y ago

Updated: 9/27/2023

Railway tracks are laid on large sized wooden sleepers so that the thrust due to the weight of train is spread over large area .This reduces the pressure on the ground which would prevent the yielding of the ground

Lynn Doe ∙

Lvl 6

∙ 5y ago

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