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18.11.12

NOVEMBER IS MODEL RAILROAD MONTH.

The first test train rolls.

Posted by Stephen Karlson at 22:37
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"Cold Spring Shops" was the name of the primary repair and car building facility of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company ... builders of trolley dining cars and the Christmas parade train ... perhaps I can be that creative too.

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