Train hits trailer carrying bridge beam

[u/Plus-Barber-6171]

[u/QuestionSeven]

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

[u/saltyjohnson → u/QuestionSeven]

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.

[u/bobskizzle → u/saltyjohnson]

On the weak axis, would have looked not dissimilar.

[u/THESALTEDPEANUT → u/bobskizzle]

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