<<@oliverray58
says :
The no-gaps rock system sounds stupid. RETVRN to Thathak Thathak
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<<@codeninja1832
says :
How many sections of these rocks would need to go missing before the tracks buckle? Asking for educational purposes only.
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<<@travissmith2773
says :
He has it backwards, track is removed after install to put the trak under tension
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<<@BennThomPson-o4s6k
says :
Very Interesting Brothè..👌
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<<@Chikoo619
says :
I don't get it. Weren't the rocks there before too? When we still used the gaps?
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<<@Fluteboy
says :
Kedeng-kedeng Kedeng-kedeng Kedeng-kedeng 😉
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<<@Haja024
says :
Seems fake. I say that based on Vibes(TM). The Vibes tell me the buckling of loose rocks is weaker than the force of steel tracks expanding. I checked the Rail stressing article on Wikipedia and the vibes were right, as they usually are.
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<<@Bobfahrer
says :
You make shorts now? This channel has fallen from the greatest heights to the lowest lows.
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<<@mythilikarthikeyan7748
says :
Thadak thadak 😂😂
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<<@Ankitwhytoexist
says :
noway in hell I saw vande bharat in a veritasium video
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<<@FalconPlayZz
says :
Who thinks of stuff like this
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<<@neekadoodles
says :
Sell outs
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<<@JoãoLeote7331
says :
Engineers really putting the integrity of the entire rail in the hands of some rocks
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<<@SorryMyNameWasTaken
says :
Randomly was thinking about rails the other day and why they need rocks and the wood blanks between the actual metal rail in the first place, and so this really scratched that itch. I wish America made more rails instead of all the massive highways and roads for the cars :(
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<<@TreeSpeakerGetsTheMagDump
says :
Sell out channel
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<<@rnrgaming4579
says :
Well... doesn't the friction eventually round the edges and lead to the same problems? Or is the time scale of this event long enough to just not worry about it?
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<<@JohnHowell-t4t
says :
Rocks are called rip-rap.
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<<@Gumbocinno
says :
I'm guessing they're jagged so they don't have an ability to jumble around from the vibration. I'm locking the answer in. Gonna watch the vid now. Alright I think nearly nailed this one.
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<<@zTorrentiaLzzz
says :
Well really, the rails are ‘stressed’ prior to welding in to compensate the heat
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<<@CHMichael
says :
So that's simply not the case ... thank you, comment section
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<<@CHMichael
says :
So that's simply not the case ... thank you, comment section
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<<@Socrates-0001
says :
Dude that rocks
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<<@MultiKeto
says :
i miss the clickety clack
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<<@gonzoengineering4894
says :
Hahaha, no there's still plenty of jointed rail in the US
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<<@lowspeedhighdrag566
says :
Rocks are based AF.
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<<@danvanf
says :
RR ballast was always jagged having nothing to do with welded rails.
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<<@colinmacvicar2507
says :
They also pre heat the rails before they weld them. So when they are hot they are in a more natural state and when they’re cold they’re stretched out.
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<<@Roadrunner99942
says :
When did they start welding them together. As a kid I remember that very distinctive clunk clunk clunk. And I'm not 100 years old
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<<@user-bf8ud9vt5b
says :
Plus, it’s soooo much work to round all the stones.
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<<@JwaEditz
says :
Or B, just cement the whole thing to the ground
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<<@michaelbalfour3170
says :
Roads, houses, paving all use this. In the UK we call it hardcore or type one. Sometime a lattice like weed barrier is underneath to add extra structure.
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<<@jackpfefferkorn3734
says :
I assumed they were the cheapest rocks available, waste from a quarry or something.
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<<@WoollyMammoth360
says :
The rocks are called ballast
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<<@Terranaut_67
says :
I lived across the street from an old B&M RR track. I always wondered why those ballast rocks were so tightly packed and difficult to pick up :) I never understood the physics behind it :)
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<<@hippystyle6551
says :
Yuuge internal pressure
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<<@PROofHAPPYWHEELS
says :
Wont the rocks smoothen over time?
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<<@Noh_Mercy
says :
so if someone dug up the rock around the tracks would you see the rails snap right there?
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<<@nateborden3260
says :
In two words tactile friction
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<<@ElAnvaBar
says :
If they dislike the clickity clack so much. Why don't they just stagger the cut?
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<<@aer2755
says :
Wrong! It's not the rocks. Even before the tracks were welded together there were aggregates on the lines. It's the new lock mechanism that replaced the nuts and bolts that were used to secure the rails to the sleepers that enabled welding them.
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<<@stupid4u
says :
My favorite moment of the video has got to be the thaduk thaduks
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<<@xDJxGNOMx
says :
So do they need to get replaced after a certain time? They eventually round off right?
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<<@Skaconut
says :
I feel somewhat certain there is a lot more to this than “not do smooth rock”
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<<@coledavidson5630
says :
So... rails are just ticking time bombs, itching to buckle under their own internal stress but unable to until erosion wears the rocks smooth? That's terrifying
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<<@Zyphera
says :
I miss that sound. It made it easier for me to fall asleep.
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<<@ericpmoss
says :
Has anyone been researching alloys that have a lower coefficient of thermal expansion? I know there is INVAR, but I don’t know what its other properties are.
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<<@johncenegal
says :
gonna go pick up some rocks hehe
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<<@abaddon3863
says :
Nah they still expand at the very end of the rail the entire length can grow up to 200mm for a hot day
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<<@ChaitanyaSayi
says :
VC channel
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<<@झुरळ
says :
Vande Bharat got a cameo ❤
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