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About Big_Boy_4005
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I'm 44, and have been interested in trains all my life. I have worked in every major scale (including full size) at one time or another. Today I focus all my energy on O highrail. (3 rail O)
For a number of years, I actually made a living in the hobby industry. In 1992 I was the owner and designer of a large public display train layout at the Mall of America. If you would like to see the layout , it has been preserved in the pages of MR (Oct. '93, p 92) and CTT (Sept. '93, p 86).
Now I spend my time working on my dream layout. With a 2000 square foot train room in my basement, and all of the material left over from the mall display, I have my work cut out for me.
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Member since: 12-04-2003
Last visited: 03-18-2007
Timezone:-6.00
Total Posts: 6,220
Post Rank: 4
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Location: St Paul, MN
Interests: [img]http://home.comcast.net/~big_boy_4005/lionellinus.jpg[/img]This is Lionel Linus.
For the last four summers, the city of St Paul has had a series of statues based on the Peanuts characters created by the late Charles Schultz, who was a native of St Paul. This program was started in the summer of 2000 with Snoopy, followed by Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Linus this past summer. About 70 statues of each character are made and each is decorated differently, and sponsored by local companies. The statues are placed around the city during the summer months, and are later auctioned off, with the proceeds going to to fund a permenant memorial. This summer will be the final summer for this project, and the new statue was just announced. It will feature Snoopy on his dog house with Woodstock.
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