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    A model railway show in Holland

    nope!, I'm not in them, but there is a pic of me at the kirkenhof looking serious on my fotopic site! http://grumbeast.fotopic.net/p15974530.html Graham
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    A model railway show in Holland

    and a few more!
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    A model railway show in Holland

    Here are some pics Well, I finally got me some shrunken images.. here they are : Graham
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    A model railway show in Holland

    Hi all, I haven't shrunk these to 640x480 yet so I can't post here but I've updated my fotopic site with pictures of some of the N and HO scale layouts I saw in the Rijkswijk model show in holland.. pics are at grumbeast.fotopic.net under the collection called holland Hope you...
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    Canada's War in Colour

    Hi Andrew, I'm afraid I don't have the footage, it was a project for the Dartmouth Heritage Museum. I can see if there are some non-copyright still images tho Graham
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    Canada's War in Colour

    This is a tremendous series, its so easy to slip into the mindset that everything was black and white prior to colour TV!! All of the footage is original colour 8mm Val, I worked on a project here in Dartmouth preserving and editing some amazing footage from 1942 on colour 8mm. The truly...
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    I had a weak moment in Holland

    I wondered if someone would notice the Newton! :) all I need now is to get it to work! Graham
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    Got any cool links to share?

    don't want to blow own trumpet.. but I have a fair few Canadian pics on my page grumbeast.fotopic.net if anyone is interested!
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    I made the NMRA webmaster's choice!!!!

    Excellent news Val!, I leave the gauge for a few weeks and come back to be more inspired than ever by people like you! Graham
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    Ta-Da, May, a contest for everyone

    Now you don't see this every day Here is my submission (at the last minute!) I figured the filming of an episode of Thomas the Tank Engine would be appropriate! Grahan
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    I had a weak moment in Holland

    That's so true Steve, It was drugs & sex Vs Railways... and I didn't even have to think about making a decision!!, who in thier right mind would choose the former especially when you add amazing artwork to the Railway column. 2 weeks of Vermeer, Rembrandt, Koplopers and amazing station...
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    I had a weak moment in Holland

    Hi Everyone, I've been on vacation in Holland for the last few weeks (photo's to follow.. waiting for the slides). I had a weak moment in a lovely model store in Delft and came away with this pretty morsel. its a DB BR E91 Hope you like.. I just love old Electric loco's .. especially...
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    Running behind Europe's biggest active steam engine

    That was beautiful Ron, thanks for sharing Graham
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    So, what does your wife think?

    well my wife is really supportive, she bought our house while I was out of province partly based on the fact that It had a finished basement for me! and she continues to support me in buying me railroad presents! I think we seem to be very lucky with spouses! Graham
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    What would you do differently next time?

    Been a while since I've been here.... but my big thing would be : Be patient!.. do the backdrop first, don't try and retrofit one. Consider lighting right up front, its money from a limited budget very well spent. Graham
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    What do you listen to when modeling/running trains?

    Pretty much everything (although I'm a firm believer that Country Music is an Oxymoron..sorry, had to get that dig in :) Right now I have the Soundtrack to Amelie playing again and again, if I close my eyes I can believe that I'm in Paris, but its inadvisable as I generally burn myself with...
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    Pics from my trip to Calgary

    Chris, I'll get on it with the scans, the easiest way will be for me to upload them to my fotopic site temporarily for you. I'll let you know when they are up. Happy St David's day everyone, now there's lovely isn't it? Thanks for the info on No.29 David, I knew I'd got the details...
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    Pics from my trip to Calgary

    Chris, If you'd like better quality scans of the C-train, I can email you the larger files (I normally scan at about 300dpi .. around 3Mb per scan). If you'd reallllly like them, I can do high res scans, but these end up at around 22-25Mb. Graham
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    Pics from my trip to Calgary

    Thanks Guys, As for the little white switcher, I think CN1 has it right, looked like an Alco, I'd love to know the history of this little beast! I've got some more pics, but I haven't finished the roll of film yet. It includes more streetcars from the C-train and also a bunch of the CPR...
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    Pics from my trip to Calgary

    And yet more more..... goody goody pics