And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Train probably had to be lifted out of the hole it made. Probably made a hell of a mess out of the wheel too.
ReplyDeleteHope so, otherwise, derailer.
DeleteI'd say the wheel is harder than the rail.
ReplyDeleteHardness isn't everything....toughness is........
ReplyDeleteI suppose that depends on what you are referring too.
DeleteI guarantee you the heat treat for that hardened wheel went out the window when it went red on the edges. It is not in its happy place. IMHO
ReplyDeleteWhat happens when you use Chinese steel.
ReplyDeleteFrom a web search of the image
ReplyDeletehttps://i.imgur.com/lJqNQ.jpg