Can a large object get ran over by a train?

Question

I heard of people putting coins on the railroad track and the train flattens them, but will a train flatten a larger object such as a cell phone? Or will the innitial impact of the strike be enough to just bump the phone off the track?

Answer 1

Ziggie is absolutely correct and should have ten points coming his way.  A single locomotive usually tips the scale at around 200 tons and they will flatten anything that is on top of the rail, if it doesn't "squirt" it out the side as Ziggie said.

People have been killed by materials placed on the rail and it isn't a good idea under any circumstances.  

Answer 2

Depends how fast it is going. But nothing is that strong to fly out unless it is one whole object like a bit of wood or a sheet of metal.

But I really wouldn't try this theory out because it's just asing for trouble

Answer 3

Well let me explain something to you.  Sometime placing a coin can be deadly. You see at the speed that the engine is going it can fly off the rails, and become a projectile and hit you with great force enough to kill you. As for the cell phone unless you have the balls enough to hold it there in your hands. Well it mite get smashed, and then again so will your hands. So I would think that you need to dispose of that cell phone in a trash bag. Your risking your life, or others when you put things on the rails.

Answer 4

the cell phone might be smashed but if isnt it will just be broken

Answer 5

Trains can flatten really soft things, like you.

Answer 6

Please, as everybody has said, place nothing on the tracks, it is just not worth it, placing any foreign object on a track can be deadly, even just trying to place the object on a track. Anytime is train time.