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Comment by zaroth

7 years ago

The physics of pulling something with steel wheels on a steel track make the demo a lot less impressive than it sounds.

To illustrate, consider that the world record for a single person towing a train by a strap held by their teeth is 280 tons.

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catalogia  7 years ago

How fast you can accelerate that mass it is the real question.

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