tjpavlik Posted August 19, 2013 Posted August 19, 2013 This morning (8/19) I noticed standing in line in the que under the track there is a ton of gold dust scattered about. I would guess that the dust is from the braking system and someone simply got a little energetic with the compressed air in the station after closing. There were some bigger gold colored chunks as well. Any other ideas? 1 Quote
CP&LERR Fan Posted August 19, 2013 Posted August 19, 2013 Fools gold, gold painted tinfoil or breaking system? Quote
tjpavlik Posted August 19, 2013 Author Posted August 19, 2013 I assumed that all the gold particles were from the air powered brake calipers in the station. I'm not sure of the metal composition, I know its not gold (too soft) ; perhaps a magnesium alloy. Quote
Browntggrr Posted August 19, 2013 Posted August 19, 2013 Or brass; which is very soft & used in many machining applications as a "sacrificial" metal to protect more valuable metals & their application. 2 Quote
DontWantToWait42mar0 Posted August 19, 2013 Posted August 19, 2013 Cool story bro. Didnt you say goodbye HTCO? Quote
Sonofbeast2.0 Posted August 20, 2013 Posted August 20, 2013 When they teased DB they said "Run for the hills". They most of been talking about California in the olden days... 2 Quote
gforce1994 Posted August 20, 2013 Posted August 20, 2013 Gold is malleable and creates friction which is used on the chaindogs to prevent: 5 Quote
DontWantToWait42mar0 Posted August 20, 2013 Posted August 20, 2013 Cool story bro. I see your filter hasn't improved in the short amount of time the you were inactive from the site. Quote
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