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3. Why is a train so hard to stop even when it is going slowly?
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3. Why is a train so hard to stop even when it is going
slowly?

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For trains the wheels and the rail are both steel, and the steel-steel friction coefficient is around 0.25. So the stopping time and distance will, at best, be three to four times greater than a car.

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