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    K.V.Div it`s your Birthday

    Hey Terry, Happy Birthday!! Hope you have many more and that IOU comes through Big Time!
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    0n30-Duck

    New RR Name Not being completely familiar with the wildlife in England, I resorted to Ask Jeeves to find out what sort of critters might be found on Shamus' latest layout. As to relating to the layout's terrain, the hills always seem to dominate the multi-level layouts of late, so how about...
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    Give K.V. Div. a shout, the boxcar has gone back to him. Try a PM to Terry on this site or try an email to his shop site here: http://www.victoriascalerail.com/
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    Thanks Thanks for all your comments everybody. The opportunity of getting in on the N-scale World Tour finally spurred me on to get some ballast down, something I've been trying to get to for close to a year :eek: !!! My layout is a shelf, point-to-point 7 ft. long by 10 in. wide. I had to...
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 Postscript: Tom was roaring drunk for three days, Tricia and her new babies Tina, Tammy, and Teresa are all doing just fine, and the volunteers staggered back to the pub where they will be telling stories for years to come. Meanwhile, The Gauge “N” boxcar, TGR #101976, is...
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 The rescued crew, bleary-eyed volunteers, and onlookers celebrate the dramatic rescue by demolishing the rest of the beer and feasting on remnants of potato chips and peanuts that were found between the floorboards of the boxcar.
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 As the consist finally rolls into the E&N yard, to a waiting ambulance and a huge cheering crowd, Tricia and her new triplets are whisked away to the hospital while the remaining beer is unloaded.
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 Tricia can’t wait for the hospital, and starts to give birth while Tom faints at the doorway and is pulled back into the boxcar at the last minute by one of the volunteers who just happened to be relieving himself out the door at the time.
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 It’s a tight squeeze between the pallets of beer, so the rescued crew joins the volunteers in immediately working on draining some more beer barrels. As each one is consumed by the parched crew, it’s moved over to the door and rolled out, trying not to hit anything important.
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 A bed of sorts is fashioned for Tricia from some old potato sacks that someone found in the corner of the boxcar. The situation is really getting tense and poor old Tom now looks like a ghost!
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 Chapter 6 Tricia, the rescued crew, and the volunteers are all crammed into TGR 101976 for the return trip to Victoria. The crew can’t reverse the Geep since the far end of the passing siding is still blocked, so the consist will have to go back the way it came up.
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 After a heroic effort clearing the rock slide, the work crew is rescued! There’s no time to celebrate however, as Tricia is starting to scream every two minutes and husband Tom is turning white.
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 While contemplating the situation, Ed makes radio contact with the stranded crew and finds out that Tom had brought along has wife Tricia, who is 8 months pregnant. The earthquake and fire was too much for her and she has gone into labour. The roads are still blocked, there...
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 Just beyond the trestle, the way is blocked by a huge rock slide.
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 Chapter 5 The rescue train proceeds through Goldstream Park and over Niagara canyon towards a giant plume of smoke and earthquake devastation. The fire was so hot that it burned off every piece of vegetation leaving behind bare rock.
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 Ed the engineer took Penelope aside and gently revealed to her that booze used to be illegal in the US, but not in Canada. “In any event”, Ed tells her, “it’s legal now”. “What?” she said, “How come nobody ever told me?” Ed slipped Penelope a bottle of genuine Kentucky hooch...
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 “We’re against that illegal booze” said 97 year old Penelope Prissy, leader of the group. Here is an exclusive shot of the protestors from the Island News helicopter.
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 Chapter 4 After much trial and error, the plow is bolted, chained, and welded onto NYC 6107, and the consist departs the yard on their historic rescue mission to the cheers of the locals and the loud belches of the volunteers, who are now into a second barrel of beer. No...
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 “Success at last, I sure hope it holds!” “This calls for a beer.” Meanwhile, back in the boxcar the beer is getting warm so the volunteers have already drained the first barrel. After a few beers, the rescue attempt can finally proceed…
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    Gauge "N" Boxcar TGR#101976

    World Tour '03 “Oops, that didn’t quite work!” “Maybe if I just give it a good whack here…”
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