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    built it myself

    I have the Detail Associates n-scale skeleton log cars. Like all the log cars I've ever run (?) into -- even the brass HO ones -- they're too light to run, especially "backwards", without a load on them. Right now I have in front of me some "plant anchors" for live aquarium plants. They're soft...
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    Does anyone make an N-scale Jeep???

    ....I'd like to find an n-scale Jeep (vehicle, not loco!), WWII style or close to it, such as those used by almost all the allied Armies. I've been looking for one for years but I never seen one on the dealer shelves, or even advertised anywhere. Does anybody know if such an animal exists in n...
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    Happy Hosers need a Home!!!!

    OKAY!!! I GIVE IN!!! I just specified "Canadian" so I wouldn't have to put up with the hassle of filling out the Canada Customs Paperwork -- or Homeland Security, on the other side, wondering if these battle-ready little guys would somehow pose a threat to the nation ---! I gotta give "77Railer...
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    Happy Hosers need a Home!!!!

    I have 6, HO scale Firefighters which I believe were Euro-made but are based on North American prototypes; black bunker gear, North American style long-brimmed yellow helmets. A couple are carrying hose nozzles, and the rest have axes in hand. None have masks or air tanks. These firefighters...
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    Project CPR Selkirk T1

    Beautiful work!!! I'm following this with great interest.....! Keep it coming, eh? Paul McD.
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    Neat Site.....

    Thanks for the link!!!! By hitting the "refresh" button I managed to make a tape loop of steam sounds to play when running my engines.....takes me back to my boyhood when I used to stand down by the tracks and watch those huffing, clanging monsters blast through on the CPR Main....! Paul McD.
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    Caboose?

    Hello Daniel! I was born in 1947 which makes me 57 years old. I saw steam engines operating in Canada and in England! Although the "brake van" in England differed from the North American caboose in design (which in Canadian terminology--as already has been pointed out--was also referred to as a...
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    what to tell santa you want for christmas

    Sheesh....all I want is an N-scale clam shell bucket crane! (To put all that the coal in my locomotives!!!) Paul McD. (Dang, it's cold here in Winterpeg this Morning---Windchill at minus 35C and that's close enough to the '40 below' that's the same in both languages!)
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    logging trawler

    You may be interested in this, from "Ships Through the Centuries" http://collections.ic.gc.ca/maritime_museum/exploration/boattypes3.html <snip> The 991 ton Thermopylae was designed by Walter Hood and build in Aberdeen in 1868 and was claimed to be the faster sailing clipper in the world...
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    Christmas "Cards" and Greetings

    Season's Greeting to All...! Paul McDougald.
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    N Gauge Goose

    Bill, we'd like to know one thing: where did you get that little KATO drive unit? We took the part number from your package and ran it through the KATO Japan Web site ...Turns out it's sold as "Small Type Motor Unit for Bandai B-Train Shorty" at a MSRP of 2,100 yen -- which converts (at the...
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    Found some old RR slides

    Great shots! Glad you found them....!!! I remember that kind of a coaling tower in Regina, Sask when I was a kid. I also remember when it burned down---Sheesh, what a fire! Here's a picture of what "used" to go under it, prior to its being oil-fired of course! You might recognize it! Taken at...
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    Canadian Pacific`s Holiday Train 2004 ride.

    Thanks for taking us along on the Christmas Train ride, Chris! This is the first time I've actually "seen" that train since a single photo appeared in our paper a year or so ago. It's a great thing that CP and its employees are doing, running that train...! I really want a souvenir button/pin...
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    CN exec train

    Thanks, all, for the welcome to The Guage! I model in N scale and do both CN and CP steam/diesel transition era. As I mentioned I live right by the CN main here in Winnipeg so CN is what I see most of. And I really enjoy reading the postings and viewing the photos in this forum....! BTW I've...
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    CN exec train

    Here's part of the CN Executive train in 1999 in Winnipeg: only 4 cars, names as follows: Gatineau, Courier Des Bois, Tawaw, and Sanford Fleming. I was informed that this train was going "back east" on a freight that night. Maybe these are some of the cast you saw. I live right by the CN main...
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