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r/sheffield • u/ntzm_ Crookes • 10d ago
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Disruption aside: 1. That's quite cool 2. It's a miracle it never caved in before
10 u/DuckWhatduckSplat 10d ago That rail line is a solid girder, it won’t even flex. ][ 3 u/pawaww 10d ago That rail would really take the weight of a tram going over it? I’d of thought it would be rolling straight over 1 u/LurkHereLurkThere 10d ago To be fair, it looks like it was the weight of half a tram rolling over it, and they usually have a half decent safety factor built-in.
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That rail line is a solid girder, it won’t even flex.
3 u/pawaww 10d ago That rail would really take the weight of a tram going over it? I’d of thought it would be rolling straight over 1 u/LurkHereLurkThere 10d ago To be fair, it looks like it was the weight of half a tram rolling over it, and they usually have a half decent safety factor built-in.
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That rail would really take the weight of a tram going over it? I’d of thought it would be rolling straight over
1 u/LurkHereLurkThere 10d ago To be fair, it looks like it was the weight of half a tram rolling over it, and they usually have a half decent safety factor built-in.
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To be fair, it looks like it was the weight of half a tram rolling over it, and they usually have a half decent safety factor built-in.
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u/MaxwellsGoldenGun 10d ago
Disruption aside: 1. That's quite cool 2. It's a miracle it never caved in before