Tilting train
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tilting-train-228-93354
title:
Tilting train
text:
A tilting train is a train that has a mechanism enabling increased speed on regular rail tracks. As a train rounds a curve at speed, objects inside the train experience centrifugal force. This can cause packages to slide about or seated passengers to feel squashed by the outboard armrest, and standing passengers to lose their balance, or in such excessive speeds, could even cause the train to derail. Tilting trains are designed to counteract this by tilting the carriages towards the inside of th
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of train that can tilt in curves
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilting_train
date created:
2002-10-21T16:09:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T03:52:32Z
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13
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