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(Message started by: Azgard on Mar 30th, 2008, 6:36pm)
Title: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Azgard on Mar 30th, 2008, 6:36pm
A railway is being built through a mountain, but the tunnel can only be made wide enough for a single track. Two trains heading in opposite directions go through the tunnel at 7 o'clock, but they do not crash.
What happened?
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by ima1trkpny on Mar 30th, 2008, 7:41pm
You can make it double decker tracks with one train track over another one :P that won't affect the width.
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Azgard on Mar 30th, 2008, 7:45pm
No double decker tracks here... just a regular, run of the mill train track... :)
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by denis on Mar 30th, 2008, 9:23pm
One came in at 7am, the other at 7pm.
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by gotit on Mar 31st, 2008, 2:18am
The trains started form the tunnel and went like this [hide]<--  --> [/hide]rather than this [hide]--> <--[/hide]
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Grimbal on Mar 31st, 2008, 5:51am
If two trains enter the same narrow tunnel from opposite sides, the air will be trapped in between.  The pressure will increase in front of the trains and slow them down sensibly, enough to alarm the drivers that something is wrong.
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Master of Everything 42 on Mar 31st, 2008, 1:25pm
This is another Mindtrap one, and in the game,

[hide]Denis is right[/hide]

EDIT: However, i am not the creator, so dont trust me. For now. IAM not triple personalities.
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Azgard on Mar 31st, 2008, 4:50pm
And the winner is... *drum roll*  DENIS!
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Master of Everything 42 on Apr 1st, 2008, 4:28am
But I knew the answer! i showed i new it by saying Denis was right.
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Iceman on Apr 1st, 2008, 4:38am
I suspected it had to do with time.  ;)
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Iceman on Apr 1st, 2008, 6:49am
They hit the brakes.

Or they don’t crash because the tunnel collapses.
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Azgard on Apr 1st, 2008, 9:18am

on 04/01/08 at 04:28:26, Master of Everything 42 wrote:
But I knew the answer! i showed i new it by saying Denis was right.



Ah, but it was Denis who came up with it first, was it not? It is easy to recognize a correct answer and agree with it. Much more difficult to come up with the correct answer on your own. 8)
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by iono on Apr 1st, 2008, 6:32pm
I got the answer when I first read it, just that I read it waaaay after denis answered it.
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Azgard on Apr 1st, 2008, 6:42pm

on 04/01/08 at 18:32:51, iono wrote:
I got the answer when I first read it, just that I read it waaaay after denis answered it.


Ah yes, I have this problem too sometimes. Reading a riddle and going "Oh! I know this one!" and as I read along, the answer has already been posted...
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Noke Lieu on Apr 1st, 2008, 7:37pm
in the spirit of this place, finding alternative answers that still work..

The tunnel runs between two time zones.
One train enters at 7pm, and leaves at 6.30pm, half an hour later the other train enters.
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Grimbal on Apr 2nd, 2008, 3:43am
Clever.  I like it.  :)
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by iono on Apr 2nd, 2008, 8:32pm
Me too. How about this: The guy keeping track of the time read the clock wrong because he was drunk or something and put down seven o clockinstead of eight like he was supposed to.
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Iceman on Apr 3rd, 2008, 9:04pm
It was very cold so the fuel freezes.   ::)
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by iono on Apr 3rd, 2008, 9:40pm

on 04/03/08 at 21:04:52, Iceman wrote:
It was very cold so the fuel freezes.   ::)

LOL. nice.
Title: Re: Two Trains and a Mountain
Post by Master of Everything 42 on Apr 5th, 2008, 7:28am
There was a flume to Veelox

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