Question

Explain why wooden sleepers are kept below 5he railway line

Answer 1

Trains have huge masses and rails are narrow.

Therefore if they are directly put on earth, they will sink down due to the extreme pressure it would exert on earth when run over by the train.

To avoid this wooden and concerte sleepers had been laid in the railway tracks.

Answer 2

Answer:

Wooden or concrete sleepers are kept below the railway line so that there is less pressure of the train on the ground and railway line may not sink into the ground