Comment on How do trains stay on track? (2009) [pdf]parentComments−bontaq11yI don't know much about it, but in looking at some of the first locomotives I saw this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Richard_...and this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Trevithick#/media/File...That was probably a terrible screeching thing to witness going around bends, just being held in line by the inner lip of the rail.
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I don't know much about it, but in looking at some of the first locomotives I saw this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Richard_...
and this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Trevithick#/media/File...
That was probably a terrible screeching thing to witness going around bends, just being held in line by the inner lip of the rail.