I'm not sure what math you think I'm supposed to do, but I know that a railroad wheel has ten tons of weight on a strip a couple of inches wide. If a moose is

I'm not sure what math you think I'm supposed to do, but I know that a railroad wheel has ten tons of weight on a strip a couple of inches wide. If a moose is thin enough to not get knocked aside by the snowplow[1], it's probably thin enough to get cut through by the wheel. Still waiting for some evidence for the claim that "moose are responsible for quite a few train derailments". ----- [1] Yes, I know that not all railroad engines have them. Most that don't have a flat plate that still gets down pretty close to the track.