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Posted - August 08 2013 : 03:52:59 AM
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I love the Tyco Coke box car but not for this price! I was surprised to see who the seller was and does he really think that this unboxed piece will merit the price?? I believe I have made a purchase from him at leats once.... Great seller, just too high on this one...
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Posted - August 08 2013 : 06:13:01 AM
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Walt, this is not the first time this person tried to sell this at that price, so sad!!
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Posted - August 08 2013 : 09:20:29 AM
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yeah I NEEDS a Tyco Coke boxcar buit not for that price 
Anyway here is one I found on Amazon! 
http://www.amazon.com/BACHMANN-THOMAS-JEFFERSON-BICENTENNIAL-BOX/dp/B0056SGV40/ref=sr_1_130?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1375967864&sr=1-130&keywords=thomas
What is this seller smoking??
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Posted - August 08 2013 : 09:32:21 AM
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hi ben and to make it even worse,if thats possible, its n gauge,ken
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Posted - August 08 2013 : 11:28:34 AM
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Good luck with that, ARTMATRIX!
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Posted - August 08 2013 : 11:54:51 AM
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Probably selling that Coke boxcar to buy some coke... If you know what I mean
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Posted - August 08 2013 : 3:32:27 PM
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quote:hi ben and to make it even worse,if thats possible, its n gauge,ken
Originally posted by catfordken - August 08 2013 : 09:32:21 AM
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Yeah I knew it was N scale but jeeeez I knows I can get it in either HO or N for uber LESS than that 
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Posted - August 08 2013 : 5:50:53 PM
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That's just plain out insane!
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Posted - August 11 2013 : 12:39:36 PM
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This one is just creepy:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ho-train-trains-engine-diesel-santa-fe-f7-/181194363502
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Posted - August 11 2013 : 1:21:57 PM
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| Ah Man!!! I gotta have this one! I love those Tyco trains that smell like cigarette smoke!
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Posted - August 11 2013 : 5:50:59 PM
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Um......Wow. I don't know what else to say.
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Posted - August 11 2013 : 10:40:33 PM
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I don't think a nickel for that one is even worth it....I'm all for "repairing" and fixing.....but that one? I don't think there is any help, but a recycle/trash bin!!!!!
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Posted - August 11 2013 : 11:03:05 PM
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| I love how the massive burn appears to be in the same shape and location as the power truck!
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Posted - August 11 2013 : 11:38:29 PM
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never mind the dammage I uberly think the seller CAN'T spell!!!!
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Posted - August 12 2013 : 04:55:12 AM
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note the post notice below it:
"People who shopped for this item also bought..."
L O L
I have one question... does "L O L" work for deaf people?
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Posted - August 14 2013 : 12:03:03 AM
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That reminds me of an auction from a few months back with 3 bashed Jersey Central fantasy locos. The GG1 chassis got two AHM BL2 shells fused cab-to-cab. The lot of them sold for $92.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/NickelPlate759/20130813235729_Jersey Central Fantasy Locos01.JPG
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quote:This one is just creepy:
/tyco/forum/uploaded/NickelPlate759/20130814000635_T2eC16.JPG
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Someone took the pancake thing far too literally.
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Posted - August 14 2013 : 12:54:17 AM
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"...pancake..."
"...And here is your brain with a side of sausage and pancake..."
I'd say, total fail! Anyone wanna take bets as to that thing getting sold?
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Posted - August 14 2013 : 01:25:20 AM
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Nelson,
Those bashed Jersey Central units look pretty good, specially the double ended BL-2, GG-1 I also see a set of FT A units there on the other unit....
That 3rd one is to be a FDL-109, I believe, BUT, I can't see what in the.....was used for the whole shell on that one.....
92, sold? IF they RAN it might be worth it! The frames look to be in overall pretty good shape, even the raspberry Bee's for weight!
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Posted - August 14 2013 : 10:36:26 PM
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The bottom CNJ is actually a fair representation of a real engine, CNJ had double-ended Baldwin cabs for commuter service, although they didn't last all that long (gone by the mid-60s at the latest IIRC).
THe middle one doesn't look bad either, although the CNJ never had a DL109.
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Posted - August 15 2013 : 12:11:08 AM
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Here are two more from another lot from the same seller. He wasn't the original owner.
What if the CNJ had a Krauss Maffei? 
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Posted - August 15 2013 : 02:53:00 AM
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Krauss Maffei, just looks like an odd duck....INTERESTING tho, none-the-less.....Just odd! BUT, I likes 'em odd so!
As for the PA-1, doesn't look bad!
I wonder if this seller is actually, making these?
The paint on any of them so far, doesn't look bad! Better then some, I'VE seen!
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Posted - August 15 2013 : 10:39:18 AM
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| well Krauss Maffei was used on only 2 railroads Rio Grande & Southern Pacific
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Posted - August 15 2013 : 12:25:42 PM
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John,
The Krauss Maffei were odd. It was a German design with 2 MayBach V16 Engines for a total of 3450 HP. It also had diesel-hydraulic drives.
The units had two types of car bodies. There were cab types and road switchers.
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Posted - August 18 2013 : 11:40:12 PM
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This poor ole signal man is a lighted SHAKE! I wonder what's causing the shake? Small earthquakes, or trains going by? That has to be very uncomfortable....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TYCO-SIGNAL-MAN-WITH-LIGHTED-SHAKE-IN-BOX-BRIDGE-AND-TRESTLE-SET-/400493709066?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item5d3f49070a
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Posted - August 24 2013 : 11:04:59 PM
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-WEATHERED-UNION-PACIFIC-4-8-8-4-BIG-BOY-STEAM-ENGINE-TENDER-TRAIN-ON-FLAT-CAR-/200955687421?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item2ec9e471fd
Think it comes with DCC and sound?!
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Posted - August 25 2013 : 06:35:50 AM
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| The K-M turned Camera Car still exists and has been cosmetically restored, including fabricating the original nose. One of the engines may be able to be run again, the other is in bad shape.
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Posted - August 25 2013 : 10:15:58 AM
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Saw that! I sent him a note:
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Hello,
Not quite sure if those trucks under your locomotive's flat car are quite heavy duty enough for the job. One would think for a load that size, trucks running the entire length of the flat car would be more appropriate and realistic.
Cars like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnabel_car
Are more like what would be needed to transport something that large. At that point, It is more realistic to just put it on the rails and tow it.
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Posted - August 25 2013 : 5:50:43 PM
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Yeah, I think a Big Boy might take a little more than 4 freight trucks to support. It would also put it seriously higher than the loading gauge, since they already scrape that at 16 1/2 feet. It already has it's own wheels, which is why they just move them dead-in-tow.
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Posted - August 27 2013 : 05:05:18 AM
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Any chance it being a Monogram model of the Big Boy? You'd think that most of the detail(s) would be cast-on instead of molded/moulded.
Relisted: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-WEATHERED-UNION-PACIFIC-4-8-8-4-BIG-BOY-STEAM-ENGINE-TENDER-TRAIN-ON-FLAT-CAR-/200957280491?
I am betting that it is a static Monogram plastic surgery 4-8-8-4. Looks good, but it'll never ply the rails in motion. I agree on the lacking support cars. But, plastic all around would support the reason it is as it is.
And decreased starting bid by $11. 
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Posted - August 27 2013 : 8:42:35 PM
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There's no way anyone would ruin a very valuable big boy ie Rivarossi or Athearn and do that to it. Which is why I believe it's the cheap plastic put together static kits.
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Posted - August 27 2013 : 9:42:03 PM
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quote:There's no way anyone would ruin a very valuable big boy ie Rivarossi or Athearn and do that to it. Which is why I believe it's the cheap plastic put together static kits.
Originally posted by SCVR66Â -Â August 27 2013Â :Â 8:42:35 PM
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Stick around, sooner or later you'll see it.
Personally, I think the whole setup would be more convincing if the flat cars were not weathered the same as the loco. Or the chains for that matter.
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Posted - August 27 2013 : 9:50:04 PM
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World of Warcraft Big Boy? maybe Warhammer Big Boy?
quote:
Gee....I go the complete HO 4 car set in mint condition for 50 cents a car...what did I do wrong?
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quote:John,
The Krauss Maffei were odd. It was a German design with 2 MayBach V16 Engines for a total of 3450 HP. It also had diesel-hydraulic drives.
The units had two types of car bodies. There were cab types and road switchers.
Regards, John *******************
I've found that prayers work best when you have big players. <> Knute Rockne
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â August 15 2013Â :Â 12:25:42 PM
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John,
Yeah, I thought the "odd" Krauss Maffei was an interesting set up..... the diesel or well (what the hell would you acknowledge this type loco?) runs much the same way a 18 wheeler does.....It doesn't have electric traction motors on the axles.....the diesels actually drive the wheels through a system of transfer gear boxes....
A lot of maintenance needed to keep them running tho!!!
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Posted - August 28 2013 : 01:15:32 AM
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Yeah that is a Revell Big Boy kit, you can see it just by looking at it! Dead give away? Cast on boiler walk hand rail!
As for the whole "load"... yeah a load of crap......It have the main rod removed, and would have been "in tow" to the dead line or scrappers torch....to heavy to be "hauled" plus.......I bet no normal "internal" bridge or tunnel would have clearance for that whole set up! Simply put, the scrapper would come to it. and hail it away in chunks anyway!
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Posted - August 28 2013 : 08:43:50 AM
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quote:..... the diesel or well (what the hell would you acknowledge this type loco?)....
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â August 28 2013Â :Â 01:11:17 AM
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You would call it a diesel. The proper name for the typical American unit is diesel-electric, but that gets shortened to diesel, so it would be just as "correct" to call the K-M a diesel.
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Posted - August 28 2013 : 10:14:01 AM
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Glenn,
Yeah....I was being a turd.....Its even more prototypically correct (not politically correct) to call the K-M a "diesel" as the other North American "diesels" are Diesel Electrics....
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Posted - August 28 2013 : 12:51:43 PM
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quote:....I was being a turd.....
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â August 28 2013Â :Â 10:14:01 AM
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I was, too.
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Posted - August 28 2013 : 1:55:11 PM
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A few more good deals
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Not-So-Dirty-Dozen-12-Rare-HO-Slot-Cars-Aurora-G-TOMY-TYCO-Collector-Quality-/161080256370?pt=Slot_Cars&hash=item258121a772
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BACHMANN-TYCO-K-LINE-RIVAROSSI-LIFE-LIKE-CAMPBELL-TRACKS-HO-ELECTRIC-POWER-P-LOT-/181202892180?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item2a3088b594
Speaking of KM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rivaross-AHM-HO-Engine-Southern-Pacific-Made-In-Italy-/111154210865?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item19e14ea831
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Posted - August 28 2013 : 2:04:58 PM
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| wow oh wow JRG1951,someone needs a wake up call on reality,500 buccccks of hard earned dosh for a beaten up k-m,unbelievable ken
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Posted - August 28 2013 : 8:59:59 PM
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$500 bucks must be a bargain because it was "appraised for $1000 in the '90's".
1. The seller is lying.
2. The appraiser was his cousin.
3. The appraiser's fee was a percentage of the appraised value.
4. The seller didn't notice the decimal point in the appraisal ( $10.00)
I would offer the appraiser a chance to buy it for $200 dollars and make a huge profit for himself. 
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Posted - August 28 2013 : 9:45:55 PM
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this is the same k-m august 14th ken
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rivarossi-HO-Engine-Southern-Pacific-Made-In-Italy-/111142759962?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item19e09fee1a
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Posted - August 28 2013 : 9:52:49 PM
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NCS, I almost burst out laughing at #4!
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Posted - August 28 2013 : 10:56:56 PM
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Thank god it's not one of those cheap reproductions. If it's worth that much with all those paint scratches and missing horns, then mine is worth a cool grand easy.
The account name suggests the seller is a female. Sounds like someone was pulling her leg.
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Posted - August 29 2013 : 01:45:48 AM
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Glenn,
I DID burst out at that one! WOW!
Nelson,
Someone's pullin' something on that seller, that's forsure, I'm just not convinced, its her leg!
I almost can't stand it to say, you missed a decimal point in that appraisal in the 90's.....I just can't tho!
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Posted - August 29 2013 : 07:34:13 AM
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She's listed that engine at least five times with slowly decreasting prices.
Looks like it would actually sell for like $20.
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Posted - August 29 2013 : 2:06:46 PM
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| I have to say that NCS's line about the decimal point was a good one!
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Posted - August 29 2013 : 2:21:42 PM
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just asked the person,as even though its a female name,people use that method as a sympathy vote so to speak ken
(can i ask in all seriousness,are you really asking 500 dollars for this loco,mint boxed ones fetch $100-150,sorry to burst the inflated bubble,notice its remained unsold from $900 to now) ken
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seller,I'm tired of explaining myself to people. The only reason it's on here for 500 is because its my fathers and he insists that's what I list it for. He's old and has Alzheimer's.
my thoughts (i lean toward believing her)
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Posted - August 29 2013 : 3:06:08 PM
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Sadly enough this may be true, it sounds like shes not telling a story....HOWEVER even its "old" and it belonged to her father, that doesn't make it worth $500 NOR a cool $1,000 either.....
I am truly sorry that he has Alzheimer's, but that still doesn't make it any more or less valuable then it is!
~John
Many have tried to, and failed, ya just can't repair stupid...
Do NOT try to Idiot-Proof anything!!!! God, will simply create a better......IDIOT!
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Posted - August 29 2013 : 3:08:44 PM
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Reminds me!
A long time ago, when I was in the Navy, I was trying to get back to base in an ice storm. Well the roads were bad and the traffic had stopped. The tow trucks were charging $25 to pull people back on the road. $25 was a lot back then.
Since we could not move forward, a group of travelers had banded together and were helping people get back on the road. I was helping this one car and was pissed because the guy was driving and his wife was out pushing. Well in a few minutes my frustration overruled my manners. I went around and asked the guy if he would mind getting out and pushing and letting his wife do the driving. He said "he would but he did not have any legs." I said Oh! I'm Sorry!
I guess it is wise not to criticize until the facts are all known, but I never learn.
Regards, John ****************************************
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history -
with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. <> Mitch Ratcliffe
Edited by - JRG1951 on August 29 2013 3:21:24 PM
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