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"2004 A Garden Railway Odyssey"

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"2004 A Garden Railway Odyssey"
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:01 PM
Just in case you guys missed my production of "2004 A Garden Railway Odyssey" when it was in the theaters, here it is for your home viewing pleasure:

http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/BillC/Odyssey.wmv

(Be sure to turn up your sound.)

Regards,
Bill C.
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Posted by vsmith on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:14 PM
hehehe Bill, nice, helps to show the progress of the layout, my outdoor RR still constists of a weedy patch of land were supposed to put a studio onto. A video would only show a terrific progression of different weed growing dying and growing back.[;)]

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:22 PM
Bill mate all garden Railways are an odyssey, they are never finished, cost more than you thought and didn't quite turn out how you envisaged it to be.

Regards

Ian
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 25, 2004 10:27 AM
Hi Bill

The garden nd railway look great - keep up your steam.

Best reagrds Peter
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 25, 2004 7:57 PM
Victor, Ian, Peter, best wishes to you guys for an enjoyable holiday season.

Seven seasons have now gone by since I went outdoors to establish my Subumbra Garden Railway. My intention has been to keep it from growing too large to the point where it would become a maintenance headache, but at the same time making it of interest to me and visitors.

This past season I expanded my curves to eight-foot diameter. The biggest thing I operate is an Annie, but sometimes a friend might bring a large locomotive while visiting, so I wanted to be a good host.

This winter I'll be adding a couple of structures, probably a pool hall and store where pork is sold. A longer range project will be a glass works, a typical industry in South Jersey in the old days.

Regards to all,

Bill C.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 25, 2004 8:42 PM
Bill must have missed it the first go around, looks like you expanded a bit, I like your idea of building to the size of easy to maintain, good food for thought.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 25, 2004 8:45 PM
Hey have you guys seen my graveyard, did you jnow I am now making my own headstones?


Rgds ian
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 26, 2004 6:55 AM


Ian, here's my graveyard as featured in my Halloween shot relating to astral photography. The tombstones are by Lemax.

I'd like to see a shot of your graveyard and tombstones when you get a chance.

Yeah Matt, I've seen a couple of garden railways that got beyond management because they got too big. Like they say about the Sands Casino in Atlantic City, "Smaller is Friendlier."

Regards,
Bill

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