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steamcanuck
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Location: Moncton, NB. CANADA
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Hello everyone! 
I'm Brian from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada and although I've had a passion for trains (diesels and steam) since as long as I can remember, my newfound passion for steam only developed within the last few years. I guess it all started when I saw a classified ad for Yesteryear Toys (distributors of Wilesco, Jensen, and Mamod steam models) in a copy of the Old Farmer's Almanac, and this led me to the Yesteryear website. From there, my natural curiosity led me to find out more about steam power itself on the Internet. I eventually stumbled upon various websites detailing several efforts to develop modern steam power for trains and cars. The one site that really gave me the "bug" so to speak was that of Australian Ted Pritchard and his Ford Falcon Steam car. His demonstration of the fact that the steam engine could still be developed further, really intrigued me.
But finally, what brought me to this forum, was when I rediscovered an old model stationary steam engine that my father had lying around for many years. He had received it from a friend of his who told him that it had been build at a local high school in Campbellton, northern New Brunswick (I grew up in that area, right across the border in the province of Québec). We don't know how hold the engine is, but my father thinks it's at least 50 years old, maybe more. I'm hoping that with the combined expertise of all the members of this forum, there's a chance I could get it running again.  |
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magpie38
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Joined: 11 Nov 2009
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Location: Chester-le-Street, Co Durham, North East England
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| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| hello and welcome, dont worry, the members of thi sgroup will soon help you to have your old engine running |
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steamyjim
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Joined: 27 Oct 2006
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Location: England; Great Britain
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Welcome to the forum!
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Steve_S
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Joined: 26 Aug 2006
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Location: Leeds UK
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| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Hello and welcome to the forum! If you could post some pictures of your engine I'm sure you'll get plenty of advice.There's nothing we like better than to see an old engine come back to life! |
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dampfmaschinenjoe 1967
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Location: northern coast of Germany
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Hi, and welcome from snowy northern Germany!
To bring old engines back to life again: That´s what we all trying to do here ( - mostly with wonderful success- ), so you´re at the right place ! Feel free to ask as no question is unanswered !
cheers Joe |
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Sandman
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robertosala
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Location: El Salvador, Central America
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Welcome from El Salvador in Central America.
You have come to the best steam forum there is.
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Ross
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Location: Lincolnshire UK
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Martin
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Joined: 27 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome matey! Pics, Pics, Pics!  |
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steamcanuck
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Joined: 20 Jan 2010
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Location: Moncton, NB. CANADA
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| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:32 pm Post subject: re. Hi From Moncton! |
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Thanks for the warm welcome Guys! (and Gals!... )
I know you are all anxious to see pics of my engine,but I seem to be having some technical difficulties when I try uploading...I keep getting this error message. |
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boxman
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Location: west Yorkshire UK
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IndianaRog
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Joined: 26 Dec 2006
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Location: Indiana, USA
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Hi Brian...welcome from Indiana, US.
There is a description of how to load photos into Photobucket in the Reference Library of this site, but here's a quick summary:
1) have your post (message like this one) open on the Mamod site and minimize it
2) open photobucket account and find the picture you want to post, beneath it click on the words: IMG code then click on "edit" in upper left (of browser) and click on "copy" option that appears under the edit menu.
3) maximize your Mamod posting
4) click on the word URL near top right of Mamod posting
5) place your curser after the spot where the word "URL" prints and go to top of page, click on edit, then click on paste
6) lastly click on the word "URL" again near top right of Mamod posting
your photobucket link will be sandwiched between [URL] and [/URL] that is computer gibberish just saying start and end of link.
You can check and see if you did it right by scrolling down the Mamod page and click on PREVIEW...then you see how the message will look AND the photo should show up. If it looks OK hit SUBMIT.
You can do as many of the above sequence as you like in a Mamod posting...put 10 pics in if desired. It actually goes pretty fast after you get the hang of it.
Copy thIS above message and use it in printed form as a guide if that helps.
cheers,
Rog
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steamcanuck
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Location: Moncton, NB. CANADA
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| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:24 pm Post subject: re. Hi From Moncton! |
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Thanks for the tips....they worked!
To view the pics of my engine, go to the "Technical Tips, Details, Home Builds and Help Me!!"
Brian |
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kevininasia
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Location: Singapore
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Welcome to the forum Brian, from another Canuck currently working in Singapore.
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mogogear
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Cheers and welcome aboard
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