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3rail4life		#1 Posted : 03 July 2012 08:21:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 426 Location: Northern California		Once in a lifetime family foto of the fantastic looking NS Heritage units: I really like how they painted all the locomotives in the original colors and paint schemes of the railroads they represent, which make up what is now NS. Cheers, Gordon
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kimballthurlow		#2 Posted : 03 July 2012 11:51:42(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/03/2007(UTC) Posts: 6,762 Location: Brisbane, Australia		Hi Gordon, Thank you for that photo. Most of these are being offered in hand-made brass in HO scale through various dealers in the US. rather nice. regards Kimball
		HO Scale - Märklin (ep II-III and VI, C Track, digital) - 2 rail HO (Queensland Australia, UK, USA) - 3 rail OO (English Hornby Dublo) - old clockwork O gauge - Live Steam 90mm (3.1/2 inch) gauge.
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BrandonVA		#3 Posted : 03 July 2012 20:07:12(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,533 Location: VA		Awesome! And a pretty sizable roundhouse for this day and age!
		My (new) layout progress - BrandonBahn III My previous layout - Brandonbahn II (click here)
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Jeremy Palmer		#4 Posted : 04 July 2012 02:50:54(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/04/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,464 Location: St. Michael, Barbados		Tip Top photo Gordon, thanks for posting it. Jeremy.
		Jeremy. 1). If at first you don't succeed, bungee jumping mightn't be for you. 2). The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second rat that gets the cheese.
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nevw		#5 Posted : 04 July 2012 04:21:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/08/2005(UTC) Posts: 11,071 Location: Murrumba Downs QLD		Rather Mouth watering. almost enought to make me break the self imposed drought. NN
		NOt wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now I have a white Pinny which also is hard to see against MY pure white Skin Still have 2 new shiny tin Hips that is badly in Need of Repair matching rusting tin shoulders and a hose pipe on the aorta Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around
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3rail4life		#6 Posted : 04 July 2012 07:35:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 426 Location: Northern California		Glad you guy's liked the picture, that roundhouse is awesome even without the heritage units, I didn't know we had anything like it left in the U.S. , the location is the North Carolina Transportation Museum. Here is a link to the story from Norfolk Southern: Norfolk Southern Heritage enjoy, Gordon
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kimballthurlow		#7 Posted : 04 July 2012 07:51:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/03/2007(UTC) Posts: 6,762 Location: Brisbane, Australia		Hi Nev, The same HO scale locos are also being offered in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto colours, for the Western Australia iron ore roads. Maybe that is a better "investment" for us Australians. regards Kimball
		HO Scale - Märklin (ep II-III and VI, C Track, digital) - 2 rail HO (Queensland Australia, UK, USA) - 3 rail OO (English Hornby Dublo) - old clockwork O gauge - Live Steam 90mm (3.1/2 inch) gauge.
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rmsailor		#8 Posted : 04 July 2012 09:23:54(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 570 Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife		Hi, Anybody interested in these locomotives may want to buy the American "Trains" magazine special edition which is being devoted to these twenty units. Bob M.
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Loadmaster		#9 Posted : 05 July 2012 01:02:02(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 898 Location: So Cal		Here is the link to the museum. http://www.nctrans.org/ Additionally if you are on Facebook, just search for "N.C. Transportation Museum". Rob
		HOac and Z scale running SBB/BLS Era IV-V
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Roman		#10 Posted : 05 July 2012 20:25:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/09/2002(UTC) Posts: 871		So are these the Fallen Flags leading up to NS? US Airways did the same with their Airbus. A very colorful assortment and telling of past mergers. Roman
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