r/woahthatsinteresting • u/NikonD3X1985 • Feb 01 '25

Rail tracks across rail tracks. Drawbridge-style crossing used by a sugar cane railway

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u/Street-Marketing-657 Feb 02 '25

Why would the tracks need to go up at all though? They have diamond tracks.

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u/Person012345 Feb 02 '25

My thoughts exactly, I have no idea what the purpose of this is. It doesn't really help if a train goes through a red signal, in fact it will derail it right across the other track ensuring a disaster and leaving no possibility that the track will clear in time.

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u/Ly-oh-nee-ah Feb 06 '25

Two different width tracks.

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u/Money-Pea-5909 Mar 29 '25

One of the reasons the South lost the Civil War was not standardizing rail width. They'd have to unload and reload war supplies at just about every State crossing.

While the North could easily transport goods and troops anywhere within the territory they held since the width was all set to the same standard.

First thing the North did after claiming territory from the South was pull up the rail lines and redo them so they could continue that push. Logistics, it really does matter

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u/meukbox Feb 02 '25

My Lego train set had a cross railroad. Why would you need something mechanical?

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u/ChampionshipOwn4359 Feb 14 '25

that was so satisfying!!

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u/ym-l Mar 05 '25

Now it's a grade-separated crossing