Giving freight rail tracks a boost

Friday, May 15, 2015 - 06:00 in Mathematics & Economics

The big chunks of rock—crushed limestone or dolomite that engineers call ballast—that keep railroad tracks in place look like a solid footing even as freight cars rumble overhead.

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