FEBRUARY 13, 2005
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| THE TRAINS GO ICE SKATING FEBRUARY 13, 2005 |
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| Boys will be boys. We saw the ice on the pond and we talked about how once upon a time many years ago the railroad laid tracks on the ice of the Susquehanna River. Pete's battery powered train ran across a table top an hour ago, so it can probably run on ice too! Want to try it? Why not!! So here goes... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SHOULD WE OR SHOULDN'T WE - very carefully we backed the train off the Tote onto the slippery ice. Will it work? Will it fall through the ice? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WE DID IT!!! - it actually moved across the ice under its own power. An ICE SKATING TRAIN! So far so good... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FISH NET TO THE RESCUE - At one point the wheels started spinning and the train was stuck. We called AAA and they sent a fish net instead of a tow truck! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SAFE AT LAST - We all breathed a sigh of relief as the engine returned to the safety of its Tonner Tote. There was a wet spot where each driver was spinning. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| HOW THICK WAS IT? - Barely more than a half inch! ...and the edges were melting! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BUDD ON ICE - Pete was in his car about to leave when suddenly he realized this was a golden opportunity: Putting the Budd Car on the ice! So back to the pond! Where's the water coming from? The car's weight was sinking the ice! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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