How do trains pull so much weight? I’ve seem them with hundreds of freight and gas tanker cars.

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How do trains pull so much weight? I’ve seem them with hundreds of freight and gas tanker cars.

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Trains accelerate slowly. So even though the locomotive’s pulling pulling force is miniscule compared to the train’s mass, low rolling friction and time allow a small force to pull a train to substantial speed.

Railways are engineered to be as flat as possible.

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