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To: Clappy who wrote (38307)	12/10/2004 5:03:57 PM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104157

clappy- trains are so romantic aren't they - like the orient express. i remember my mom and i taking the train to new york from toronto to visit my grandma when i was a kid. it was a very big deal. one of the things on my to do list is to take the train from vancouver to lake louise in the canadian rockies. that would be something. -rose

To: Clappy who wrote (38307)	12/10/2004 6:35:11 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 104157

Ah, Claps. I forget how young you are. Dad (and, uh Mom) started "giving" us the train in about '54. I can't recall the exact year, but I think Dad reconstructed the tables when we moved north in '55, rather than build them here. Anyway, that stuff was heavy duty, especially some of the locos and diesels. A lot of ours were second hand or new used. Some accessories only saw the light of day when I would scamper up a ladder in the garage and check out boxes; coal and logging operations. Sometime I think I should grab it all for my hobby. Sometimes I think if I do go there, I should buy HO for sake of space, the final frontier. Sometime I think the net is enuf of a hobby. Anyway, up here, we have this... skunktrain.com The Willits station is close to ... rootsofmotivepower.com The husband of one of Malila's long time teachers (K-3; Susan started out with a K-1, and ended up with 2-3; Mall Rat( and we) had quite a relationship with her(and fambily)) has a nice model set-up;An actual 0-4-0 switch engine, fired by used oil, and a number of associated cars. He had about a mile of track, but I don't believe he ever finished his tunnel. Really. He does a lot of work with Motive Power and the Rail Museum in Sacratomatoe. Chew Chew Coal Man