Playing with Trains

17 responses to “Playing with Trains”

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   jurvetson

   Sep 27, 2012 at 5:26 am

   We also duct taped a two quarters and two dimes to the railway track:

   

   The tape did the trick of keeping them under the pressure crucible.

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   gcquinn

   Sep 27, 2012 at 6:19 am

   Just the place for a late night swim!

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   msamaclean ©

   Sep 27, 2012 at 6:22 am

   What fun…and under a beautiful end of summer sky.

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   tull

   Sep 27, 2012 at 11:19 am

   Love your science experiments

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   solerena

   Sep 27, 2012 at 2:15 pm

   🙂

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   sbove

   Sep 27, 2012 at 3:09 pm

   that is a super cool photo…

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   Bruce M Walker

   Sep 27, 2012 at 4:55 pm

   Very cool look.

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   nhr

   Sep 27, 2012 at 7:36 pm

   > We also duct taped a two quarters and two dimes to the railway track:

   18 USC Sec. 331

   Sec. 331. Mutilation, diminution, and falsification of coins

   Whoever [..] alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of the United States, or any foreign coins which are by law made current or are in actual use or circulation as money within the United States [..] shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

   

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   jurvetson

   Sep 27, 2012 at 8:07 pm

   They are going to have to track that train conductor down. A felon on the loose… =)

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    Todd Huffman

    Sep 28, 2012 at 12:41 am

    Awesome.

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    drona

    Sep 28, 2012 at 1:02 am

    🙂 What was that thing about "young at heart"?

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    KenRussellVermont

    Sep 28, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    Stevie!!!

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    KenRussellVermont

    Sep 28, 2012 at 5:12 pm

    Stevie!!! Beautiful picture, fun experimentation!!!

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    js.brain

    Sep 29, 2012 at 4:32 am

    Awesome skies. Fabulous shot.

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    jgury

    Sep 29, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhr] Even more, and more criminal counts for selling them. http://www.railroadpennies.com/samples.html
    One story was that there is a way to derail a train if you put the pennies in the right sequence with the proper spacing, A bit like a railway rumble strip or using a hammer and a stopwatch to get poorly designed bridges to go into critical resonance. All urban legends no doubt.

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    jurvetson

    Oct 1, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    Wow, by those metrics, this was a seriously heavy freight train. The dimes are paper thin, and the central quarter pancaked to about a 2.5" diameter.

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17. 

    outgoing earth

    Sep 10, 2013 at 9:11 am

    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhr] Only if you plan on using it fraudulently.

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