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    Today is the day

    By that Quirky little grin,she is thinking about how to mess with dads layout already!!! :eek: Congrats dude. MM
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    PayPal usage!

    MOST of my pay goe's to PayPal payment's(hope the wife NEVER reads this!!! ). I wish more seller's used this option. (just a note: my fastest payment was under a minute from the end of the auction,to haveing the money in the seller's account.) MM :thumb:
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    Calgary Swap Meet and Lecture's

    Any body else beside's myself going to be there on March 13th?? MM
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    Wow!

    I must agree with the WOW!!! But CN1,where were you at 9:30?? I waited for you till near 10:00,then I went back to shopping(Hobby West had loco's stacked about 10 deep,all at dropdead price's[I got 2 $160 steamer's for $49 each!]). This is a definate MUST atend for next year again. (note to...
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    Calgary Supertrain Feb 14-15

    How about 9:30 in front of the CPR police booth(#16)?? We'll let you off this time Shamus,only because the north atlantic is a bit cool this time of year :rolleyes: :eek: :rolleyes: MM
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    Calgary Supertrain Feb 14-15

    I will be in a car load coming up from the "Hat" on Saterday,leaveing about 5:30 to be at the door's by 9:00. The plan is to do the show till noon,go for lunch somewhere, then hit the LHS's before heading home. As for where to meet?,you have any place in mind? Inside the front door's 9:30?? MM
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    Calgary Supertrain Feb 14-15

    Ok .so how will I be able to pick you guy's out of the crowd? I'd hate to walk right by one of you fine gent's and not know it. MM
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    Pouring "water"

    I was going to try 6 or 7 layer's of wax paper(it would act as a gasket) held in place by a piece of 3/4" plywood,that would be secured to the edge of the layout by a few(4 ?) large C clamp's. Once it has cured,remove the plywood,then peel off the layer's of wax paper. I have been modeling...
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    Calgary Supertrain Feb 14-15

    Black Leather jacket with Camo baseball cap,just to narrow the feild a little.Hope to be there at 8:45am,cuz ALL the good sale's are picked over early :cry: . MM
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    Calgary Supertrain Feb 14-15

    I will be there as well :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: I will be wearing a camo bassball hat with "dear hunter" in orange on the front. There is bound to be somewhere in CowTown that we can "do lunch" :D MM
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    A pat on the back

    Q : Do you know why there is no flameing on the gauge? A : Because we ALL know that that is what the fire box is for. :D Q 2: Why dosn't anyone blow of any steam on the Gauge? A : Because we don't want to waste it, less power to the driver's that way. :D MM
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    Avalanch at mile 96.5 mountin sub

    I wonder if the SP ever had this problem? :eek: MM
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    Discrimination at Superbowl, or Money Makes You Above The LAW?

    They should try to play under CFL weather.-30c and snow. The "streaker" would of thought twice before freezeing his "willy wonka" off. and Janet would not of been able to "expose" anything under 4 layer's of caraboo hide. :eek: MM
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    How to visualize your landscape

    Being from OTTAWA I'm suprized it was ONLY $1:15 + tax :D :rolleyes::rolleyes:
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    TV/Railroad Accuracy

    Did anybody else see "Atomic Train" on the tube about 2 1/2 year's ago. Very nice close shot's of the train,but the script was "STUPID". In a nut shell: US Army ships a nuke without telling anybody. Also in this boxcar are several 45 gal drums of some fluid the combusts on contact with...
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    0-6-0T & dockside?

    I found those slider's that Shaygetz was refering to. In the Walthers catalog (HO) in the blue"freight" section. They are made by "Tomar". Part # 81-805 Shoes for Locomotives pkg(4) $3.95,is what you may need. I may get a few pkg's for myself to add to the cabees's for running interior...
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    0-6-0T & dockside?

    BOY was I off on that one!! That "micro caboose" is a much better idea(the Little One's will like someplace out of the element's as well :) . MM
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    0-6-0T & dockside?

    I can picture exactly what you mean. Kinda like a heavy duty MOW speeder with out the motor,with a coupler on each end to hook up to the loco and the first car.Or it could look like a one truck flat car with a low profile seating/handrail's and a tool box of some sort in the center. Am I...
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    0-6-0T & dockside?

    WOW don't great mind's think alike!! Or is it a common solution to 2 differant problem's? MM
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    0-6-0T & dockside?

    I added a slope back tender on all mine.After adding a set of pick-up wiper's to the rear truck of the tender,then wired to the brush tab's on the motor and I have never had a dead spot since . It may not be 100% true to prototype,but niether is a GIANT hand comming out of the sky to move the...