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\"\"<\/a>For Christmas 2002 my Granny and Grandad gave me an N gauge model railway. The railway was originally started by my Daddy and Uncle Howard when they were little, but they never finished it, so Grandad finished it for my Christmas present.<\/p>\n

The following are photographs of my original model railway. Click on a thumbnail to show a larger image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nProud owner of a new model railway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nLearning how my new train set works with Grandad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nConcentrating on my railway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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