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Optimal curve for turning a railway track.

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I know there is one. Did my honest best to try and search for it on wikipedia. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 17:29, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you're looking for track transition curve or Euler spiral? --Wrongfilter (talk) 19:21, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The description in both matches my query, so yes that must be it. But I recall a load of history so where I originally got it from must have been on YouTube or something. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 20:43, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]