What keeps a train on the track?







What keeps a train on the track?

What keeps a train on the track?

Physicist Richard Feynman explains how a train stays on the tracks. Not the answer you might expect.

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naturalbornwaiterNaturalBornWaiter (148 days ago)

Latest comment: "I guess that's why you often hear train wheels squealing at a railway station - the train is moving too slowly to slide out on the track if going around a gentle curve or crossing points, therefore the flanges touch the rail creating that familiar squealing. "

claudiusClaudius (150 days ago)

I did not get it. But I don't speak English at all. Shaklamashak bash ga a aa lkera

Guest: Max (150 days ago)

and now...how honey comes from a bee's arse
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Guest: anonymous coward (150 days ago)

nope, that was exactly the answer that i expected

Guest: Mooky (151 days ago)

Excellent vid. Nice clarity without being patronizing
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Guest: demoninatutu (151 days ago)

Scientists of this calibre who can explain things with this clarity are few and far between. We need more.

logicispowerLogicIsPower (151 days ago)

An instructor of mine once told me " A day in which you learn nothing is a wasted day" well i learned something today:)

Guest: grmblzkf (151 days ago)

ahhh, i could listen to this guy forever