Why do trains stay on the track, around a curve?

Is it friction, and/or the little flanges on either side of a train wheel?

Not even close.

Here’s no less than maverick nobel laureate Richard Feynman, amusedly telling us why with the smile and enthusiasm he always had.

 



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