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    "Once upon a Train"

    ... bunch of brass bullets. Silver bullets will stop a werewolf but brass ones will stop...
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    "Once upon a Train"

    ... an absolutely gorgeous brass model of a 4-8-8-2 Cabforward in HO. It was so detailed that the Professor could see...
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    "Once upon a Train"

    ... the Professor was quite overwhelemed. TWO people with the signature revolvers- who was his contact?
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    how to scratchbuild a water tower

    (*&^! geocities/yahoo won't let me view thos pictures from outside... for now, I will simply create a web page that shows the three photots that I now have. So, if you would kindly direct your browser to http://www.geocities.com/biggerhammer_company/Watertower.html, you will see the results of...
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    "Once upon a Train"

    ... Professor's hefty thesis, PTOING off the pink suitcase above Jesse's head and then out a window. Everyone sat very still, not quite believing that they were all still alive. The pink suitcase, jarred by the bullet, popped open and a music-box dropped out, playing... (Austin Tashushlee was a...
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    "Once upon a Train"

    ... ostentatiously drew his gold-barrelled revolver with its mother-of-pearl grips. Unfortunately, Jesse noticed this before the professor did and ...
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    "Once upon a Train"

    ... to this swift utilization of the dearly departed Daisy, Maizy, Lazy and Prudence. But the hamburgers were just the cover story- Ray was actually the Professor's contact. The Professor seemed to be deep in conversation with Jesse, though... maybe Jesse was a spy for the enemy? Ray decided to...
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    "Once upon a Train"

    ... since his faithful four are now ground to small bits of one quarter pound each. He'd cooked a few hamburgers before, but never really thought to open a restaurant (much less a chain) until now. Fortunately for him, Ray Kroc was ... (Ray Kroc is the real founder of McDonald's restaurants, if...
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    "Once upon a Train"

    ... cowcatcher quick. And at this speed, the cattle aren't going to make it anyway. I should call the Ladies' Auxiliary and have them set up a barbeque pit to have a cookout in memory of...
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    What Should I Do First?

    Again I accent my lack of experience. Oil in the sliding spots was specifically suggested by at least one book that I read. What do you use to keep your glue from binding where it should not?
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    PRODUCTS YOU WANT AND CAN'T GET.

    Here's one I'd really love to see- Forget #4 turnouts. Make a commercial, prebuilt turnout with flex track! That way, modelers who want a custom turnout, either exceptionally sharp turns or a turnout on a curve that isn't the same radius as the ridgid curved turnouts that are available, would...
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    What Should I Do First?

    I'm no expert, but here's my method, mostly gathered from reading, deep thought, and a few mistakes along the way. Starting with bare plywood, I painted the whole thing a dingy brown that my local Home Depot had made as a mistake and sells for $3/gallon. When that's dry, pencil out the layout...
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    "Once upon a Train"

    (replying to myself? Have I bored you all to sleep here?) ... "Alternatives to Paper in the Academic Environment" and was carved on slate. His thoughts were disturbed by Jesse's muttering, though, as Jesse launched into an emotional soliloquy. "These long breaks in the conversation really get to...
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    L I M A ? ? ?

    I presume that if they still sell down under, there'll be a hobby shop somewhere there who'll have a website or flyer. Getting a good model of the Flying Scotsman for cheaper than visiting the real thing appeals to me Is it simply the motor on the Lima locos that drags them down? If so, it...
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    Demographics

    Country - USA Town - Concord NH Nearest City - Boston Age - 31 Usual Supplier - eBay or IHC Closest Supplier - Home Depot! (I get more there than at hobby shops...) Layout Size - 4x8 Name of Layout - River City Road Layout Theme or Era: Steam, very early 20th century Layout Gauge: HO Layout...
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    PRODUCTS YOU WANT AND CAN'T GET.

    Hm. How about an internet order system that's comprehensive- ie you select the locomotive, go through a page of check boxes that allow you to select any of the available superdetails, have a pulldown menu for paint schemes and another pulldown for scale. Then hit enter and see a mockup of the...
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    track & roadbed removal.

    What sort of glue/fasteners did you use to lay the roadbed, track and ballast?
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    "Once upon a Train"

    (convention name: 'The Silver Spike'?) ... the Izaac Walton Inn in Essex, Montana. The paper given right after the professor's paper might've been a better weapon, though: it was titled...
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    "Once upon a Train"

    ... the next salmon run. The professor hoped to not have to do that, though, since Jesse seemed to have a revolver and all the professor had was...
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    "Once upon a Train"

    ... card-carrying member of the Grand Benevolent order of Pinkertons, I'm pretty much required to turn anyone in who... (bit of reference- Pinkertons were an organized crime family [I think!]) [This message has been edited by Biggerhammer (edited 05-04-2001).]