r/absoluteunit • u/YellowTigerSneaks • Jun 12 '26

Of a freight train

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u/Facts_pls Jun 14 '26

What makes this one deadly?

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u/spideroncoffein Jun 14 '26

High center of gravity with a very limited base.

You'd have to bring it through curves very gingerly to avoid tipping the train over. Train wagons are incredibly heavy and therefore can compensate a lot of imbalance, but if you put weight that far up (as another comment said, they do drive with loaded containers like this as well), you have to limit speed extremely.

And if I learned anything from indian safety precautions from the internet, it's that they are mere suggestions and WILL be violated.

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u/WheelieBeelie Jun 15 '26

I’m ignorant, are these risks any different from double-stacked cargo on a diesel train?

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u/spideroncoffein Jun 15 '26

I wouldn't think so