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Well, it doesn't get much more vintage than this: http://www.shorpy.com/node/7789?size=_original 
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Posted - February 27 2010 : 9:02:48 PM
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| Somebody needs to tell those two that model trains are fun...not work.
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Posted - February 28 2010 : 12:13:22 AM
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| I want the switch controller that guy is using in that picture, that thing is awesome haha.
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 Posted - February 28 2010 : 08:33:26 AM
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My GOD Thats gotta be America's first model rr!
" Heck with counting 'em rivets, TRAINS ARE FOR FUN! Not called the Mad Scientist for nothing either!"
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Posted - February 28 2010 : 09:12:54 AM
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| I like that camelback. Is that S gauge? I've never seen a goat or camelback in S gauge.
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Posted - February 28 2010 : 4:03:26 PM
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I think it must be O, given the very crooked wire substitute for the third rail.
"Somebody needs to tell those two that model trains are fun...not work."
You mean you don't dress in suit & tie for your ops sessions? This was originally posted to the MR forum, and someone remarked that Mr. Swartzell (the one in the foreground) wasn't even 40 yet, but he looks like he's pushing 60. Life was a lot tougher back then.
Notice the wire supporting the end of the shelf behind them. That reminds me of my grandmother's basement and some of my great-grandfathers dubious home improvements. He had a very gothic looking motor mounted on one corner of his workbench that he must have run various accessories with, and to power it all you had to do was tighten the terminal nuts on the ends of a 120V AC power cord! What could go wrong? 
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Posted - February 28 2010 : 6:38:34 PM
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Never seen an O scale camelback, either!
Has anyone seen S or O scale camelbacks or goats? How about N scale?
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Posted - February 28 2010 : 8:27:56 PM
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That is cool. I wonder where all that stuff is now
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Posted - March 01 2010 : 11:59:15 PM
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| Those guys look awesome. Frankly, after dealing with this generation of parents, I'd love to see more adults like this.
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