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 Posted - August 05 2014 : 8:01:20 PM
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Recently John (JRG) started a thread that chronicled his packing progress for an upcoming move. I thought it was a great idea, with my own move approaching in the coming year - so here begins my own box by box record. Sorry for the poor photos, I was going for content and not quality.
BOX 1, Norfolk Southern Business Train/Operation Lifesaver:
     
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Posted - August 05 2014 : 8:03:52 PM
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BOX 2, Auto Loaders and cars:
  
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Posted - August 05 2014 : 9:46:46 PM
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Jerry,
Good luck and God's speed. We moved about 70% of our stuff this weekend
Regards John
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Posted - August 05 2014 : 10:15:26 PM
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Hopefully Jerry is moving to the Zanesville area so he can do my train track ballast when I'm ready... 
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Posted - August 05 2014 : 10:29:44 PM
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quote:Hopefully Jerry is moving to the Zanesville area so he can do my train track ballast when I'm ready...
Originally posted by walt - August 05 2014 : 10:15:26 PM
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Walt - we are heading south to Texas...but honestly I wouldn't mind Ohio at all. Put me in the Hocking Hills area and I'd be happy
And track ballasting is one of more fun parts to landscape, I'd be glad to do it
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Posted - August 05 2014 : 10:31:10 PM
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quote:Jerry,
Good luck and God's speed. We moved about 70% of our stuff this weekend
Regards John
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â August 05 2014Â :Â 9:46:46 PM
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Bet you are glad to finally get some of that done. I don't mind the thought of retirement and living in Texas, but all the stuff heading up to that...
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Posted - August 05 2014 : 11:53:00 PM
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I an't moving no more forever! I'll die first!
Regards, John
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 Posted - August 05 2014 : 11:53:26 PM
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kool I want one of the boxcars
IF I could do it I'd send you ONE of my Tyco Auto Loaders to do in The Rock 
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Posted - August 06 2014 : 4:51:39 PM
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BOX 3 - TOFC
        
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Posted - August 06 2014 : 4:53:15 PM
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BOX 3 - TOFC cont'd
  
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Posted - August 06 2014 : 4:54:48 PM
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I love your repaints! Cool roster.
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Posted - August 06 2014 : 7:34:24 PM
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quote:I love your repaints! Cool roster.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â August 06 2014Â :Â 4:54:48 PM
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Thanks Nelson - you know sometimes you don't realize how many things you have until you start packing them up! This is turning out to be quite a project
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Posted - August 06 2014 : 7:38:27 PM
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Box 5, Marx/American Flyer:
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Posted - August 07 2014 : 11:02:32 AM
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| would you like moar Marx?
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Posted - August 07 2014 : 3:34:03 PM
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quote:would you like moar Marx?
Originally posted by microbusss - August 07 2014 : 11:02:32 AM
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Nopes....one Marx train to display is the magic number for me
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Posted - August 07 2014 : 4:22:46 PM
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Ben is trying to get rid of things?
Mind =
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Posted - August 07 2014 : 5:46:32 PM
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BOX 6 - U.P. power
    
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Posted - August 07 2014 : 5:49:21 PM
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BOX 7 - Crescent
        
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Posted - August 07 2014 : 7:43:17 PM
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quote:Ben is trying to get rid of things?
Mind =
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â August 07 2014Â :Â 4:22:46 PM
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so?? I got too much of the same & Marx is a do not want
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Posted - August 07 2014 : 8:07:04 PM
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BOX 8 - L&N Passenger 1
        
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Posted - August 07 2014 : 11:35:14 PM
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quote:
so?? I got too much of the same & Marx is a do not want
Originally posted by microbusss - August 07 2014 : 7:43:17 PM
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Except that RI caboose, of course. Not a fan of most Marx stuff myself.
It's so easy to accumulate too much... not that I'd turn up my nose at Jerry's stuff if he asked me to take it off his hands during the move. 
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Posted - August 07 2014 : 11:47:54 PM
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This one is cool, Jerry! I bought one of these about 14 years ago and sold it when I decided to follow my 1970s Tyco thoughts... Imagine this thing pushing slot cars off the crossings!!
Edited by - walt on August 07 2014 11:49:06 PM
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Posted - August 08 2014 : 06:47:19 AM
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Walt - I am a sucker for big U.P. power. I don't really model U.P. otherwise and so they are kind of oddballs on my layout but I love them.
I had a couple of the early Bachmann Centennials with the pancake drives but they didn't last long - they were train show junk items anyway. When Bachmann came out with the 2-can motor drive I HAD to grab one Would have liked to get the Athearn one but that just ain't gonna happen
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Posted - August 08 2014 : 12:24:10 PM
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quote:Walt - I am a sucker for big U.P. power. I don't really model U.P. otherwise and so they are kind of oddballs on my layout but I love them.
I had a couple of the early Bachmann Centennials with the pancake drives but they didn't last long - they were train show junk items anyway. When Bachmann came out with the 2-can motor drive I HAD to grab one Would have liked to get the Athearn one but that just ain't gonna happen
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â August 08 2014Â :Â 06:47:19 AM
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hope one wasn't #6922 cause I want that one cause it still exists!
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Posted - August 08 2014 : 1:55:06 PM
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quote: quote:Walt - I am a sucker for big U.P. power. I don't really model U.P. otherwise and so they are kind of oddballs on my layout but I love them.
I had a couple of the early Bachmann Centennials with the pancake drives but they didn't last long - they were train show junk items anyway. When Bachmann came out with the 2-can motor drive I HAD to grab one Would have liked to get the Athearn one but that just ain't gonna happen
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â August 08 2014Â :Â 06:47:19 AM
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hope one wasn't #6922 cause I want that one cause it still exists!
Originally posted by microbusss - August 08 2014 : 12:24:10 PM
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Yeah. I know at least one or two of those things still exist. I've seen them in videos made 5 to 10 years ago.Plus, I saw one of them at a museum in Ogden, Utah.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - August 08 2014 : 5:06:49 PM
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quote:
Yeah. I know at least one or two of those things still exist. I've seen them in videos made 5 to 10 years ago.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 08 2014Â :Â 1:55:06 PM
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actually 6 do
One is in bad shape in Chamberlin, South Dakota!
Wish I could go save it & restore it to running condition with AC motors!
6900 is on display on a bluff in Omaha
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Posted - August 08 2014 : 5:36:06 PM
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There's one at the entrance to the U.P locomotive service facility in Little Rock, can't remember the number but I have a picture of it somewhere....
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Posted - August 08 2014 : 5:58:48 PM
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quote:There's one at the entrance to the U.P locomotive service facility in Little Rock, can't remember the number but I have a picture of it somewhere....
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â August 08 2014Â :Â 5:36:06 PM
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I think I've seen that one somewhere on the internet. Not sure though.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - August 08 2014 : 7:38:09 PM
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Yep google it and there are tons of pics.... #6938
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Posted - August 08 2014 : 8:22:40 PM
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quote:Yep google it and there are tons of pics.... #6938
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â August 08 2014Â :Â 7:38:09 PM
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I found it!It took like 5 seconds to find it.
-Steve
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Posted - August 08 2014 : 11:54:05 PM
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BOX 9 - Steam Passenger
      
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Posted - August 09 2014 : 12:45:27 AM
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Ah, IHC. "The finest scale model railroad products from around the world." They exaggerated a little bit there with that statement. They do make decent model trains in terms of performance though. I know that because I have two of them and they both run beautifully.Anyway, nice stuff you've got in that lot.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - August 09 2014 : 08:31:24 AM
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IHC gets some flak for their fantasy paint schemes and stuff, but I think they put out some decent items that could be massaged into about anything you wanted them to be. I'd like to see some company fill that niche again. On the bright side, I'm sure there's more than enough product out there to meet the needs of my lifetime!
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Posted - August 09 2014 : 11:07:41 AM
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BOX 10 - Streamline Passenger/Humming Bird
       
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Posted - August 09 2014 : 11:11:22 AM
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BOX 11 - WVDA/MSACF train
      
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Posted - August 09 2014 : 12:29:31 PM
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And by the way, a very special place is reserved in Model Railroading Hell for those manufacturers (no names need be mentioned) who sell locomotives partially disassembled, that when fully assembled will not fit back into their boxes without significant modification of the box.
Special Dishonorable Mention to Life-Like/Walthers for their P2K locos, that require removal of the shells to go back into the boxes. 
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Posted - August 09 2014 : 12:56:26 PM
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quote:And by the way, a very special place is reserved in Model Railroading Hell for those manufacturers (no names need be mentioned) who sell locomotives partially disassembled, that when fully assembled will not fit back into their boxes without significant modification of the box.
Special Dishonorable Mention to Life-Like/Walthers for their P2K locos, that require removal of the shells to go back into the boxes.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â August 09 2014Â :Â 12:29:31 PM
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Don't forget other manufacturers like Athearn, Mantua, and I think even British manufacturers like Hornby.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - August 09 2014 : 8:52:59 PM
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BOX 12 - Coal Hoppers
            
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Posted - August 11 2014 : 7:44:07 PM
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Box 13 - Locomotives 1
      
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Posted - August 11 2014 : 11:47:44 PM
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| a BN RPO?? gimmie!
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Posted - August 12 2014 : 06:39:36 AM
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quote:a BN RPO?? gimmie!
Originally posted by microbusss - August 11 2014 : 11:47:44 PM
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Ben - I found this photo a couple years ago, turned me on to Amtrak - especially the rainbow era. That RPO was the last piece of the puzzle in recreating this scene someday:
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Posted - August 12 2014 : 5:59:18 PM
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BOX 14 - Locomotives 2
       
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Posted - August 12 2014 : 6:04:01 PM
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quote:
Ben - I found this photo a couple years ago, turned me on to Amtrak - especially the rainbow era. That RPO was the last piece of the puzzle in recreating this scene someday:
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â August 12 2014Â :Â 06:39:36 AM
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ah yes BN passenger service didn't last very long either
Only time I ever saw BN passenger cars was when Wyoming was celebrating their 100th anniversary in 1986 I think
still got the photos but no scanner to digi them
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Posted - August 12 2014 : 7:23:17 PM
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Jerry,
A lot of cool stuff!
Ah MB,
The Morrison Knudsen Rebuilt E-8s and E-9s lasted on the BN into the early 90s.
They were sold to a leasing company and leased for BN commuter service.
Some survived until 1993.
Regards John ************************
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more. <> Nikola Tesla
Edited by - JRG1951 on August 12 2014 7:24:33 PM
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Posted - August 12 2014 : 7:57:27 PM
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quote:Jerry,
A lot of cool stuff!
Ah MB,
The Morrison Knudsen Rebuilt E-8s and E-9s lasted on the BN into the early 90s.
They were sold to a leasing company and leased for BN commuter service.
Some survived until 1993.
Regards John ************************
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more. <> Nikola Tesla
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â August 12 2014Â :Â 7:23:17 PM
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I do have to agree with you that JNXT has a lot of cool stuff. It kinda reminds me of your thread, John.
-Steve
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Posted - August 12 2014 : 8:38:58 PM
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quote:I do have to agree with you that JNXT has a lot of cool stuff. It kinda reminds me of your thread, John.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 12 2014Â :Â 7:57:27 PM
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It ought to look like John's thread, I'm copying it! Hey imitation is the sincerest form of flattery (so they say)
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Posted - August 12 2014 : 8:45:35 PM
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quote: quote:I do have to agree with you that JNXT has a lot of cool stuff. It kinda reminds me of your thread, John.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 12 2014Â :Â 7:57:27 PM
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It ought to look like John's thread, I'm copying it! Hey imitation is the sincerest form of flattery (so they say)
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â August 12 2014Â :Â 8:38:58 PM
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That is true.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - August 12 2014 : 9:24:08 PM
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I should mention, although I would say most will know this already - we're getting into a lot of stuff where the box doesn't always match what is in it. Really that is the norm for most all my stuff 
BOX 15 - Locomotives 3
        
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Posted - August 12 2014 : 9:26:29 PM
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BOX 16 - Locomotives 4
    
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Posted - August 12 2014 : 9:58:06 PM
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You're quite right about some engines being in their wrong boxes. I saw at least several engines in the wrong boxes.
-Steve
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Posted - August 12 2014 : 10:44:58 PM
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Jerry,
looks like you are a Modeler after my own heart. 208 engines & 57 pieces of rolling stock
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