{"id":682,"date":"2008-01-07T23:03:03","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T14:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-01-07\/682"},"modified":"2008-01-07T23:03:03","modified_gmt":"2008-01-07T14:03:03","slug":"anthonys-playrail-train-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-01-07\/682","title":{"rendered":"Anthony’s PlayRail Train Set"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 26mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f\/3.5, ISO 1000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nStationmaster<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I mentioned yesterday<\/a> that\nAnthony had received some train stuff for Christmas. From Santa, he\nreceived the Tomy PlayRail Twin\nTower Train Station<\/a> that he'd petitioned Santa for, and from Mommy and\nDaddy he received various sets of extra track, bridges, and the like. All this added<\/span> to the little PlayRail Automatic\nTrain Transfer Station<\/a> that he picked out when he turned five<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n\n

He'd really been hoping for the twin-tower station, and when it came to\nopening the last present – the present from Santa – he saw what\nit was with the first tear of the wrapping. He immediately<\/span> bolted up and\nmoved away to start a celebration<\/span> that would put a touchdown<\/span>-scoring pro\nfootball player to shame....<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 20mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nIt's Just What I Wanted!<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 20mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nHang Time for Joy<\/span>\n( originally appearing at the end of my Christmas post<\/a> )\n<\/div>\n\n

After a while, the jumping ended and he moved back to finish actually unwrapping the thing.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 26mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nJoy<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nAdmiration. Appreciation. Love.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Later, it was time to put it together, and build a track.<\/span>..<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 34mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

We've made more and more complex tracks since. The one on<\/span> the\nliving-room floor since yesterday has three levels, four tracks running\nthrough the “Twin Tower Station”, ramps, splits and joins,\nturn-arounds, and a lot<\/span> of fun. I enjoy<\/span> coming up with an interesting layout\nthen watching him play with it.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 22mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>40 sec, f\/4.5, ISO 1000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nFirst Track<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 17mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f\/3.5, ISO 1250 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nLatest Track<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 55mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nThree Levels of Fun<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 26mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nRamps, Curves, Splits, and Fun<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 28mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nBusy Day at the Trainyards<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 35mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f\/3.5, ISO 1250 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nOops<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Anthony told me that this crash happened by itself because one of the\ntrains was faster than the other, causing a rear<\/span>-end derailment just as\nthey were about to enter the tunnel. The third<\/span> train then rear-ended the\nfirst two, creating the pileup you see here. The gleam<\/span> in his eye, though,\nmakes me suspect something slightly more five-year-old-boy-ish<\/i> is behind\nthings.<\/p>\n\n

Clearly, this disaster was the time to call out the cavalry, so\nhis helicopter<\/a> brought in a rescue<\/span> man....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 55mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>45 sec, f\/3.5, ISO 1250 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nRescue Man<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The “rescue man” looks to be related to the guy in the last photo on\nthis “heavy industries<\/a>”\npost.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I mentioned yesterday that Anthony had received some train stuff for Christmas. From Santa, he received the Tomy PlayRail Twin Tower Train Station that he'd petitioned Santa for, and from Mommy and Daddy he received various sets of extra track, bridges, and the like. All this added to the little PlayRail Automatic Train Transfer Station that he picked out when he turned five in October.<\/p>

He'd really been hoping for the twin-tower station, and when it came to opening the last present – the present from Santa – he saw what it was with the first tear of the wrapping. [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}