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    Dragon river steel's coming along well.

    jawdropWOW!!!jawdrop That looks IMPRESSIVE!!! :eek:
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    New to Railroading

    Hi Eastsider- welcome to the Gauge. Many friendly people with lots of tips. We look forward to hearing of your progressand seeing pics!!
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    WOW!!!!! Can you believe this??????

    HEYYYYY!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm on a thousand and something- I've got to get posting 10 times as much as I do to catch up! 10058 now- WOW, you're on a roll!
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    Childhood train influence?

    Hey, I have a Bachmann N Scale loco like that diesel- for my future coffee table layout.
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    Childhood train influence?

    My father works for a company that does the railway's IT so he used to get a yearly free pass. We would take the Trans Karoo down to Cape Town to visit family and reaturn with it. I used to think I was the only one who loved trains untill 1996- I was 10. I saw a British model railway magazine...
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    Thomas/Sodor Layout

    I found two at Wikipedia.
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    G.E.C's layout pictures

    Whoooohooo!!!
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    Howdy!

    They are doing cool. Last week Monday my wife went back to work after being on Maternity Leave- that's very hard for a mommy after 3 months with the little man! But he is doing well at the nursery, he enjoys it and I like it that they each have individual attention- he's got he's own book...
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    Railfan pics

    RR I love the pics. I must say that CSX colour scheme is one of my favourites of N. American trains. My number one though is that Warbonnet scheme!!
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    My revised scenery thread

    Your new backdrops look ubercool!!!
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    On Track, with Deano

    Really GREAT pics guys!!!! Deano, been experiencing the UP on E.A.'s new game Rail Simulator. One gets to drive a SD40-2 and an AC6000 (besides the other countries stuff) from Barstow to San Barnidino. REALLY COOL!!!!!
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    Howdy!

    Hi guys and ladies! :wave: I've been MIA because I'm battleing to get my lap[top completely fixed since the virus so I'm using other peoles computers. A friend of mine gave me- well my son:p- two Thomas the Tak Engine VHS Tapes. The modelling is soooo cool! It's cool to spot some mistakes...
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    Top Ten Reasons To Avoid Denver

    At the South African National Railway Conference I remember this being advertised already in 2001. But they put i forward as being supposedly safer for train crews when loaing hazardous materials. My question is: What's a train without the driver??
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    So Long...for a while.

    Hope to see you soon!
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    Who wears an engineer cap...

    I've got an "Engineers" hat. It was given to me by an American tourist while I was still working on the train as a chef. Will post a pic when I get time. In South Africa drivers wore anything from golf hats to even a top hat. Now a days they don't really wear any hats.
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    On Track, with Deano

    Can't wait for those pics!!!
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    The park project

    You used MS Paint to take out the A/C. What a beautiful day on your layout!!!
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning all Chief: Oh yes very cold. We've had some people over from England and- to them- they felt it colder at one stage! (My guess is that it has to get warmer to snow?) Anyway, not so much anymore, but 30 or so years ago it used to snow regularly- though not on the same scale as...
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    G.E.C's layout pictures

    Oh- oops!:oops::oops:
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    New N Scale Layout - Basic Project to Learn the good stuff

    Man, I wish I had the time and money to start my layout again... Looks super!