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A photo...of a wheel.....

The chassis sat for the camera on a lovely book from the Hornby Companion Series written by Michael Foster, "Hornby Dublo Trains".

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Evening Clive, i do love some of the engineering of these early models, not just trains, but any transportation vehicle. so thank you.
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In one sense they are quite crude...but 3 rail trains will be sparking their way around their tinplate track long after their modern counterparts have plastic fatigued away...

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My digging is taking some frost this morning...

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I just love to see the rough clods of soil when they have frost on them, it's always a sign of, good things to be.....a friable crumb in the Spring..
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