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RocDoc · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: If you had to choose only one ...

Let's pretend that you have to get rid of all your steam toys, engines ... boats ... locos ... accessories ... the lot ... everything apart from just one item, which one would you keep and why?

Me ... I'd keep Jenny Wren because it is so nearly perfect (and my wife would keep the Seahawk as it belonged to her late father).

That doesn't mean I don't like the others ... I do ... but if it has to be just one then that will be it for me.

Your turn.

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James · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject:

Me? Probably me Minor 2, cos it were me 1st engine!
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made-in-england · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject:

Hmmm thats trickey but i think i would keep my grandads TEA1 as it what got me into all things steam and mechanical!
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igy569 · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:55 pm Post subject:

That is a tough one!!

I only have 3 working engines right now, and I like each one in its own right....

the 76 was my first... BUT....
I think it would be my 1961 Wilesco D12,
despite its being so plain, I really love the way it runs, and the sound it makes.....

tmuir · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject:

If I could only keep one I own at the moment it would have to be my Lady Anne loco as I built it and its my most expensive engine and it has many hours of work from me invested in it.
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johnreid · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject:

Nope, I want them all

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igy569 · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject:

mogogear · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject:

I don't know if i own the one I would keep yet... hows that for elusive ?

But - I think I would opt for my biggest boat- the Skookumchuck! Cause there is more work to do!!
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James · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:29 pm Post subject:

bessytractor · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject:

I'd kill the person who was trying to forcibly remove my engines.

I'd then steal theirs!

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Les Marsh · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

I would have to say my D.E.O. as it is the only one that I have ever seen!!
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pauly · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject:

probably my wilesco showman because it was my firstever engine.

but if the collection was been taken by a person I would throw the wilesco at him to save the magority.

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Nick · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:49 pm Post subject:

Mine would probably be one of these two:

madeinenglang · Newbie Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 92 Location: uk/Englang

its a tough one it would have to be my se3 it's mint with its box and was brought as a present

MTA · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject:

My Mersey 54R, as it has a little bit of added history:

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