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    Hi again and happy halloween!

    Hi everyone, I've been away for ages but am getting back into my trains (now into Japanese prototype stuff!). My wife and I make animated films, we made this one in the last few weeks as a happy halloween so I thought I'd post the link as a re-hello! hopefully some pics and movies of my...
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    Help with N Scale Catenary

    Well, my larger model railroad dreams never get complete so I've decided to inspire myself by building a 1950mmx750mm European layout. That said I have quite a few electric locomotives and really want to put catenary on the visible side of the layout. My question is: Is there a way of...
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    Trans Canada Trip

    Hi All, I'm trying to get back onto the gauge after a long absence (New Daughter!!! :) In November last I had to Drive my late father in law's car from Vancouver to Dartmouth NS (what a trip). I had time constraints so couldn't stop and railfan but I did take a few pictures on the...
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    November 2007 in South Wales

    Hi All, after a long absence from the gauge I'm back. I haven't done much railfanning but was home in South Wales for a while so got a lovely day out along the mainline between Cardiff and Magor in beautiful weather. Here are some of the shots
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    Shots of the Ocean in Truro on Wednesday

    Hi Guys, I haven't posted in a little while, I've been really busy at work and it seems I'm going to be a Daddy!!!! (super excited, but most of my life has taken a big back seat to looking after my wife) but I'm back at work now and I popped out for a walk at lunch up to the via station for...
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    Advice about Montreal and Environs

    Hi All, I'm off on vacation to Quebec city the week of the 20th and my wonderful wife has suggested I rent a car and do some railfanning on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of that week (thats right!!! three days!) I was wondering if anyone had any advice on where to go for interesting...
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    Look what visited Halifax today

    Hi Everyone, I'm sorry about the lousy lighting and low res, but I have to develop my slide shot and my Digital is a paltry 2.1MP camera. BUT disclaimers aside, I got to see a BNSF GP60 in Halifax NS, not only that, it was in the classic Santa Fe warbonnet scheme!! Wonderous! Graham
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    EasternBenderRRs Bendtrack photo album

    Hi Everyone, I'm finally trying to collate all of the photographs that have been taken of my local (Atlantic Canada wide) BendTrack group. To this end I've uploaded all that I have to a fotopic site at : http://easternbenderrrs.fotopic.net/ None of the photos are categorised yet, and...
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    Our poor parents!!!

    Hi all, I've spent all afternoon scanning some negatives from when I was a boy. Various trips in the early 80's, Crewe, Birmingham, Cardiff, Cardiff Canton Open Day etc etc. you can find them at http://grumbeast.fotopic.net/c391645.html if interested. I was from between 12 and 15...
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    Inspiration to take pictures

    After seeing Farmer Ron's photo's I was inspired to pop out this lunchtime with my little 2.1Mp snap camera that my wife bought me. I managed to catch train 501 (a local job out of Truro) on its way to switch a local lumber yard and cement works. Here are some of the pictures. Graham
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    Harbour progress on the Nova Scotia Northern

    Hi everyone, I thought I would share some of the progress on my Nova Scotia Northern. I've decided to try and "finish" one end of the layout before completing basic scenery so I can have a bit of a break. There will be a Paper Mill and a small dock on this branch, I have to figure out how...
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    Some pics of my N scale steam

    Was playing around with a cheap little 2.1MP digicam and thought I'd post these pics of my N scale steam loco's. The camera was very cheap and I lit this very simply and used the flash too. The lens is tiny and has no macro so I had to keep the camera about 20" back. I'd love to see other...
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    A model railway show in Holland

    Hi all, I haven't shrunk these to 640x480 yet so I can't post here but I've updated my fotopic site with pictures of some of the N and HO scale layouts I saw in the Rijkswijk model show in holland.. pics are at grumbeast.fotopic.net under the collection called holland Hope you...
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    I had a weak moment in Holland

    Hi Everyone, I've been on vacation in Holland for the last few weeks (photo's to follow.. waiting for the slides). I had a weak moment in a lovely model store in Delft and came away with this pretty morsel. its a DB BR E91 Hope you like.. I just love old Electric loco's .. especially...
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    Pics from my trip to Calgary

    Hi Everyone, I've finally gotten my pics from my Feb 14th jaunt around Calgary with CN1 back and scanned. They're low res scans so I could get them in quickly but it works for me for now! All of the pictures are on my site http://grumbeast.fotopic.net if you are interested. Here...
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    Huge thanks to CN1

    Hi guys, Just wanted to say that my trip to Calgary was great and that I couldn't have wished for a more gracious and generous host than Syl (CN1). In one day we took in all the hobby stores (Trains and such is now down a GP-9 and several boxcars) Alyth, Ogden and the CN intermodal...
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    New web page with new pics!

    Hi everyone, I've just started a fotopic page with a bunch of new pictures. If you're interested its at grumbeast.fotopic.net There is some new stuff I've taken, including some shots of the ocean over the Christmas period this year. Graham
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    Help about Calgary

    Hi Everyone, I have a request for some help. I'm off to Calgary in February (my wife got her film into the disability film festival (I'm very proud!! :) :) )) and I'm going to do a little railfanning while I'm there. (or museums, or railway clubs.) Does anyone have any advice or...
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    Finally back

    Been a while, but I'm back online... and thanks to my lovely wife I now have a slide scanner. So here are a few shots. Graham
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    Help for a visit to Ottawa

    Well, I'm finally visiting my new nations capital next week! My wife and I are going to a family reunion and are taking the train from Halifax to Montreal and then on to Ottawa. While this "isn't" :) :) :) a railfan trip, I was wondering if anyone knows of anything I must see, or of any...
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