How far apart are railroad tracks from each other?
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four feet 8 1/2 inches which we took from the british who inturn based the width from cart paths rutted in the ground (which can still be found in old parts of the roman empire ruins)
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There's no answer to that question.  No matter how close you are, you can always go half the distance, theoretically anyway.  In real life, it depends on how accurately you can move something!
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Well, yeah, I suppose this is true, but the difference is quite small.  If we are 1,000 miles apart looking at something 240,000 miles away, the ratio is about the same as if we were 1 foot apart looking at something 80 yards away.  So, if we are standing on the goal line of a footall field looking toward the goal posts at the opposite end (110 yards away) and we are about 17 inches apart, how much different do the goal posts look?
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the one who answered first... plzzzzzzzzzz\n\nexcellent answer but.. trains moving towards each other can also be said to move in opp directions.
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To give you a rough idea, around 1830 there was less than 2,800 miles of railroads and by 1930 this number had increased to about 226,000 miles.
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The two trains are moving towards each other at a speed of 25 mph each.  Thus at a speed of 50 mph relative to each other.  Since they started 100 miles apart, it will take them 2 hrs to reach each other.\n\nThey fly flew at a constant speed of 37 mph for 2 hrs.  Thus the fly flew 74 miles.
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About 6 feet wide at its narrowest, where all wagons went in the same tracks.  Places you can see remnants of the Oregon Trail clearly show this
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Distance = Rate * Time\n\nYour first question does not make sense.  you are telling us that they will streak around a 1.5 mile track at 15 mph for 15 minutes and then asking us how long it would take.  You just told us 15 minutes.\n\nif you want to know "how far would they have traveled in 15 minutes at a rate of 15 mph on a 1.5 mile track" you can find out by:\n\nthe answer is 3.75 miles.\n\nD=RT\nD = 15 miles per hour * 15 minutes\nfirst you have make sure you are using the same units for time, either use minutes or hour for both the rate and time.\n\nI chose to change the 15 minutes into hours which = 1/4 of an hour.  use a ratio:  of minutes to hours and reduce 15/60 = 1/4\n\nthen multiply  15 m/h * 1/4h and you end up with 3.75 miles.\n\nwhen you say 15 miles per hour it = 15miles/1 hour in fraction form.\n\nwhen you multiply 15 miles / 1 hour * 1 hour /4  you cancel out the hours units and you are left with only miles.\n\nIf you want to know how long it would take them to travel one time around the track:\n\nD = RT\nT= D/R\n\nTime = 1.5 miles / (15 miles / 1 hour)\n\nRemember when you divide fractions you invert the second one and them multiply them:\n\nTime = 1.5 miles * 1 hour / 15 miles\nmultiply and cnacel out the miles unit and you get:\n(1.5 * 1) / 15\n1.5/15\n= .1 hours\n\nchange .1 hours into minutes:\n1 hour = 60 minutes so:\n.1 * 60 = 6 minutes\n\nit takes them 6 minutes to do a lap, (which is crazy for someone that size)
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From what I've seen, around 12 feet.
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Use the pythagorean theorum.  Train One is the left leg, train 2 is the right leg, and the distance between them is the hypotenuse.  Since they only traveled an hour, their speed is irrelevant.  That triangle gives the formula of (x+10)^2 + x^2 = 71^2\n\nWork it out from there.  X will equal the distance that the second train traveled, and since they traveled for an hour, that is the magnitude of its speed as well.
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the track is 400 meters around (1 lap).\nFor every 1 yard = 0.9144 meters.\n\n400 meters = 437.45 yards (1 lap around the track)
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They border each other, so you cannot give a distance in miles, depends on how wide the border is I guess.
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Hmm, you might want to contact the Association of American Railroads (AAR), they should be able to get the information you need on Louisiana's railroads.  Best of luck to you!
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Before railroads were only meant to connect water routes so the tracks weren't connected with each other. Finally in the 1950's railroads began to connect to each other. The rail system provided for fast, long distance transportation. They diverted traffic from waterways and lessened the West's dependence on the Mississippi River which weakened the Northwest's connection with the South.
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If it's outside the U.S.  or in the U.S. and it was built within the last 25 years or so, it is probably 400 meters.\n\nThey haven't been building 440 yd tracks in years.\n\nOne way to tell is to look at the starting marks for the 400 meters. If it is the same place as the finish line, then it's a 400 meter track. If it is 2+ yards away from the starting line, then it's 440 yds.
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About nine miles.  See the map linked below.\n\nNeed the answer? Ask your friendly neighborhood librarian!
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twice the distance from the middle to one end