Question

why railway track are laid on large sized wooden /iron sleepers

Answer 1

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• Railway tracks are laid on large sized wooden sleepers :- so that the thrust due to the weight of train is spread over large area . This reduces the pressure on the ground which would prevent the yielding of the ground.

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