Do Moving Train Tracks Appear Shorter Due to Length Contraction?

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Apparently a moving rod shrinks. What are the measurements of two moving parallel train tracks?(2 vertical tracks moving horizontally)
 
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Things are measured to "shrink" only parallel to their direction of motion. So the tracks will get thinner.
 

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