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It sounds and is autistic as fuck, but have any other Americans/Canadians

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It sounds and is autistic as fuck, but have any other Americans/Canadians here felt outcast because they were more into British railways? I grew up on Thomas and never really felt like I could enjoy the local model shops. Sucks too because I live near Roanoke VA and got NS shoved down my throat when I showed interest in railways. Are there any expat British things in the US one could go see? I about lost my mind as a 10 year old when I found out the Flying Scotsman toured the US.
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>>1086094
I know you have an A4 in America, apart from that I've got no idea really. There's one in Canada as well, wish you'd give them back.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4496_Dwight_D_Eisenhower
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I know that feeling all too well. I'm in a model railroad club and all I run are British locos, while everyone else runs American trains. I try bringing British railway stuff up in conversation, but they end up going on about Santa Fe diesels or some other yank shit.

And having a British themed layout is a bitch because I have to import everything. It'd be nice if to have a local shop that sells Hornby or something so I could have it the same day.

I'm just glad I'm not alone in my interests.
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>>1086267
Fuck, the picture is upside down.
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>>1086268
That's what you get for phone posting.
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>>1086117
The two A4s are in the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and in the Canadian Railway Museum in Delson (near Montreal), Quebec. You actually had a perfect opportunity to steal them back during "The Great Goodbye'' event in Britain a few years ago, where all of the surviving A4s (including these two) were briefly reunited in the UK.

>>1086094
>Are there any expat British things in the US one could go see?
The first thing that immediately came to mind was this place: https://www.waleswest.com/ The Wales West RV Resort & Light Railway in Silverhill (near Mobile), Alabama uses a 2-foot gauge Exmoor steam locomotive built in 2004 (kudos to the UK for having multiple companies that still make new steam locomotives). I believe you need to reserve an RV spot at the resort to ride it, though.
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>>1086094
Steamtown once had a BR 9F and a Southern U-Boat at one time. They're both back in the UK now. My grandfather has pictures of two victorian era locomotives in the U.S. From no more than a decade ago, but I can't find any info. They were working as well.
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>tfw you'll never be as much as an outcast as waddon
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>>1086094
>It sounds and is autistic as fuck
If as a grown man you are discussing trains, you really can't be futher from being normal. I literally can't think of any more autistic hobby.
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