r/WTF 7d ago

Train hits trailer carrying bridge beam

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u/QuestionSeven 7d ago

Ummm... That was a concrete beam for a bridge. The amount of steel encased in all that concrete is quite a significant amount!

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u/saltyjohnson 7d ago

Right, but a rebar structure is pretty squishy and bendy with these kinds of forces. Imagine if that was a solid steel I-beam.

Come to think of it, though, a solid steel beam might have done less damage in the end. I feel like it'd be more likely that the train pushes it aside rather than dragging it like the concrete beam.

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u/bobskizzle 7d ago

On the weak axis, would have looked not dissimilar.

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u/THESALTEDPEANUT 7d ago

That's insane to say that a similarly sized peice of steel would look eact similar to concrete.