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What was your first engine?
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robertosala


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeap! almost as old as the picture in your avatar....   was that Back to the Future I II or III?    wouldn't like to be the cause of an off topic...
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redryder


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johnreid wrote:
275 years ago, you must be almost as old as I am


And you don't remember what you saw 275 years ago ?
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Kev&Mel


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My first engine was a TE1a with log trailer I wanted one when I was 8 and finally got one when I was 42   I can afford better toys now  
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27ace27


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wilesco D10!  
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Lenny


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wilesco D10 and still have it. Runs great with metho burner
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Paul H


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mine was an early 60s Jensen 75 given to me by my great uncle. Then I got in to locomotives, and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Steamfan


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wilesco D10, ran it to near death.  Still have it.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
it was a shitty d406 in brass/black from Wilesco.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
wilesco showman
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Lozza1


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A Renown vertical 101  
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luton bowman pw203, played with it since i was old enough to play with anything,  i am 44 !!  

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fleischmann 122/3...got it in 1961, still have it and still run it.
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jakesm


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mm2 (loaner as a kid)
followed thirty years later by a new
te1a

(bought direct from the factory)
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2nd childhood-this is my 1st! (with money)
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Swift Fox


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A Wilesco D365 Steamroller, which is still my favourite engine amongst my others.
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 & hellooooo from south africa to swift fox!  
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