Himalayan railway tour puzzle.

johnneyw

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Himalayan railway tour puzzle.

« on: December 07, 2022, 12:27:44 »

One of my friends and his good lady are exploring in India right now, traveling around by railway.....lucky so-and-so.
He sent me the attached photo shortly before departure on a Himalayan leg of the trip wondering what the wording "ball and sausages packing" on the end of the carriage meant.
Although not a member himself, he wondered if anyone on this forum could shed some light on the matter, hence this post from myself.
Any suggestions would be welcome and I can forward the replies on to him.....or tell him to log on as a guest, off course.


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grahame

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Re: Himalayan railway tour puzzle.

« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2022, 13:05:54 »

1.Suggest he joins - it's no cost, straightforward, he has nothing to loose and much to gain from it being easier to navigate the site.

2. From Wikipedia, looking at ways to pack spheres (balls)

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Sausage packing
An arrangement in which the midpoint of all the spheres lie on a single straight line is called a sausage packing, as the convex hull has a sausage-like shape. An approximate example in real life is the packing of tennis balls in a tube, though the ends must be rounded for the tube to coincide with the actual convex hull.

Of course, Sausage packing differs from Pizza packing ...


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Witham Bobby

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Re: Himalayan railway tour puzzle.

« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2022, 15:28:49 »

Likely to be something to do with the type of wheel bearings that this coach rolls on, I suspect. Other than that, the mind boggles


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