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Phil Copleston

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    S scale 1:64 - its the perfect size and delightfully idiosyncratic! Cambrian, light railways, industrial, narrow gauge and American shortlines. Also 1:152 2mm Finescale and 2mmNG, and some overseas modelling in 1:160 N scale.

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    Union Pacific restoration of Big Boy #4014: Commentary from Trains Magazine worth reading http://cs.trains.com/trn/b/staff/archive/2013/07/26/southern-4501-norfolk-amp-western-611-and-now-union-pacific-4014-can-it-get-any-better-than-this.aspx

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    2. Mod6

      Mod6

      Are you going to add this to the topic running on this subject, SUs are sooo transient and not really the place.

    3. Phil Copleston

      Phil Copleston

      Castle: Indeed, we are very lucky here in the UK with our intense mainline steam operations. But we don't have anything QUITE as impressive as a Big Boy. Image the ultimate steam super-power lash-up possibilities to come, comprising UP's Big Boy and Challenger double-heading a modern double-stack freight charging up Sherman Hill... something like this:

    4. Phil Copleston

      Phil Copleston

      Mod6: The link to UP's Big Boy announcement has already been posted to the 'topic running on this subject' you mention (sometime after mine), but got rather lost on that forum. Anyway, I see nothing wrong with briefly announcing 'breaking news' of this significance on my SU, particularly as it's clearly of interest to a wider audience.

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