What happens to a penny if you put it on the tracks?

Question

What happens to a penny if you put it on the tracks?

Answer 1

it becomes flat and oblong.  i used to do it as a kid in the 70's

Answer 2

I used to put ballast on the track it went bang and shattered into pieces?

Answer 3

The penny maybe untouched, determing on the velocity and speed of the train but thats a super guess :-?

Answer 4

Bye, Bye, Penny!

It gets squished!!!

lol!!!

Answer 5

it gets flattened by a train. that's about it. no trains derailing like the common myth.

Answer 6

The penny gets flattened.

However DO NOT do it.

1, its illegal per Federal law to trespass which you must do in order to put it there.

2, its dangerous. One because you are going up to the track to put them there.

3, its also dangerous, because (ask any employee) the coin can fly from under the wheel if its hit the right way with the velocity of a bullet (over 1000 fps).

Take my word for it.

Answer 7

It turns to Gold

Answer 8

It Derails the Train.

Actually it get very flat. We did this as Children.

Answer 9

It gets ran over by a train.  (If there is a train operating on it).

Answer 10

The same thing that happens to everythign else...

SQUISH!

Answer 11

It gets flat, very flat.

Nowadays, people can pay 50 cents to do the same thing with a hand crank machine at many tourist destinations, but I prefer the original method, plus I save the two quarters!

Answer 12

it stays on the track....

Answer 13

if a train runs over it,it would flatten out.  but if someone gets caught putting things on tracks these days it means big trouble

Answer 14

it flattens it

Answer 15

flater then a pancake lol

Answer 16

Thats and easy question. It will get smashed. My friend use to live with the train track right behind her house and her dad let the train smash two pennies for her and I. it was cool because the face is all smeared like its fading away. i still have it!

Answer 17

it gets flattened.