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Idea for additional non-friction Train braking

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DPWH

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What you could do is replaced the steel wheels with rubbber-tyred wheels and replace the rails with tarmac, and the vehicles would have very little difficulty stopping.
 
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hexagon789

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What you could do is replaced the steel wheels with rubbber-tyred wheels and replace the rails with tarmac, and the vehicles would have very little difficulty stopping.

And be extremely inefficient at high-speed.
 
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