Coasty builds model RR around the North Pole

[FJ and G]

Jim & Jim,

A fake? Perhaps! Why would the Coast Guard idle its flagship cutter, the USCGC Healy for 4 hours while some tool runs his train around the pole?

After some serious thought, I've concluded that the cutter is on a scientific expedition to determine the extent of global warming. They are measuring the thinness of the icecap by running a train over the pole to see if the ice holds up with the added tonnage.

(But what really is needed to titillate the viewers would be a lush pole dancer):

[Jumijo]

You can't fool me, David. This whole thing is a fake, and was shot in a studio, the same way the "moon landings" were 35 years ago. How do I know this? The pole gave it away. Everyone knows that stripes on the north pole twirl down in the opposite direction. That pole - a fake and a sham - is modeled on the south pole's striping. Another key giveaway - you can't see the guy's breath. If it was really at the north pole, it would be cold enough to see their breath.

Jim

[Jim Duda]

QUOTE: Originally posted by FJ and G

EIS,

Looks like a barber's pole (or made for a pole dancer).

DV - You mean a dancer from Poland or the kind you like to watch...(wink)

[FJ and G]

EIS,

So there really is a Polar Express!

Looks like a barber's pole (or made for a pole dancer).

[EIS2]

That feat should go into the Guiness Book of World Records as the first toy train layout around the North Pole. I wonder how he made his snow. It looks almost real. The picture also confirms that there is an actual pole at the North Pole.

EIS

[lionelsoni]

It looks like he did it in the evening, just a week or two before sunset.

[FJ and G]

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http://www.rcs-rc.com/