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    poll - modeling interests - locale

    Simple question, messy answer. I like Maine two-footers for their short, cute freight cars and stern Eastern architecture; their proximity to salt water; the meadowy grassiness of their right-of-ways, and the shortness of some of the lines, like the six-mile Monson. I like the seriousness...
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    Birch Creek first module completed!

    Your trackwork is exquisitely smooth, Senhor. And your lighting suits the mood of the setting perfectly. I love the corrugated iron roof on that shed. Inspirational handiwork and pictures, sir. Thank you for showing them to us.
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    HO Northwest Short Line Dunkirk

    Here's the original ad, from the November 1979 issue of Model Railroader: The list price was $189.50 US. Note how they mention the HOn2-1/2 version almost as an afterthought. I have the David Hoffman book, too. I'm actually a huge fan of the Maine 2-footers (less of the locomotives than...
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    HO Northwest Short Line Dunkirk

    Picture stolen from www.gearedsteam.com: Talk about an unsafe working environment- stubbed toes, baked at 450°F...
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    HO Northwest Short Line Dunkirk

    Ummm... It's definitely HO scale, just that it runs on N-gauge track. Works out to 30" gauge in HO scale. And it's a Class B Dunkirk, which is kind of like a Heisler, but with the V-twin engine's cylinders inside the cab. The model has a tiny Sagami electric motor in it. Once I greased the...
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    HO Northwest Short Line Dunkirk

    Hello. Finally got one of these after 25 years of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Figured it might be of interest, as almost nothing comes up in a google search for these. It's not a very big model; in fact, it's tiny- about 4" over the footboards. Did I mention...