When it is snowing and blowing you can still drive a Train

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Re: When it is snowing and blowing you can still drive a Train

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Builder01 wrote:If you are a conductor on a train as a part time job, are you just a semi-conductor?
Only if you aren't overloaded and short out. :D
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It doesn't have to be a shovel:)

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Builder01 wrote:If you are a conductor on a train as a part time job, are you just a semi-conductor?

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Don't know about that, but I suspect if you're cold enough, you're a superconductor.

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BigDumbDinosaur wrote:
Builder01 wrote:If you are a conductor on a train as a part time job, are you just a semi-conductor?
Only if you aren't overloaded and short out. :D
Perhaps a Trainsistor?
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Re: When it is snowing and blowing you can still drive a Train

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NP317 wrote:
BigDumbDinosaur wrote:
Builder01 wrote:If you are a conductor on a train as a part time job, are you just a semi-conductor?
Only if you aren't overloaded and short out. :D
Perhaps a Trainsistor?
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Re: When it is snowing and blowing you can still drive a Train

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If you do DRIVE a train, it's not a shovel it's a SPADE! :D Russ

It's a spreader
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Re: When it is snowing and blowing you can still drive a Train

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And here I was going to ask if anyone had built a scale rotary! LOL!
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