In This Issue
Editor & Layout Design Carla Brand Breitner Web & Marketing Mick Spilsbury
Specials
Featured Layout: Fairplex Garden RR •Pomona CA
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100th Anniversary: Looking into the Future
by Rick Bremer
Fairplex Garden Railroad 1924–2024 16
A Timeline of 100 Years at the LA County Fair
by Rick Bremer
Loco of the Edition: Pete Comley's Union Pacic M-10000 20
Review: Accucraft 2-Cylinder 13T Class A Shay 25
by Shawn Viggiano
The Safety of Steel Project One: Arch Bridge 30
by Patrick McConnell
Mixed Consist Club Interchange
Plant of the Month #1:
Dwarf Colorado Blue Spruce 34
by Richard Murray
Article from: Bay Area Garden Railway Society Trellis & Trestle August 2020
Plant of the Month #2: Dwarf Norway Spruce 35
by Richard Murray
Article from: Bay Area Garden Railway Society Trellis & Trestle December 2019
Mixed Consist Continued
Building Tips for Our Outdoor Buildings 36
by Marcus Kollmann
Article from: Central Ontario Garden Railway Society Rails & Weeds Spring 2024
Regularly Scheduled
Seen On the Tracks: Photo Gallery 3
May We Suggest: New Products & News 4
New Products, Show Calendar & More
Club Corner by Bill Derville 22
Straight from the Iron Horse’s Mouth: Letters 38
Afliated Clubs 38, 39
Advertiser Index 40
Garden Railroading News Explainer 40
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Above: The Easter Bunny visited Grant & Jenny Sweer's Grant Funk Railroad, leaving
pastel egg-shaped boulders along the mainline. • Owens Cross Roads, Alabama
Photo by Jenny Sweer
Photo by Mick Spilsbury
Below: A passenger train enters the tunnel below a hillside retreat on Don & Sue
Watters' narrow gauge Lake Tahoe & Truckee Railroad. • Los Altos, Califoria
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News & Notes GR News Original Content Garden Railroading News Page 4
MO-KAN Garden Railroaders hosts a 2024 Midwest
Garden Railroad Gathering over the week-
end of May 30 to June 2, 2024 in the great-
er Kansas City area. Tour garden railroad
layouts. Stoney Creek Hotel in Independence, Missouri,
will house workshops, vendor hall, model and photo
contests, ice cream social, and closing night dinner.
For info: www.mokangardenrailroaders.org
The Northeast Large Scale Train Show re-
turns to Eastern States Exposition fairgrounds
in West Springeld, Massachusetts, on April
27 & 28, 2024. Info at: www.nelsts.org
Bay Area GRS modular tracks will be run-
ning at the Rail Fair at Ardenwood Historic
Farm in Fremont, California, on Memorial
Day Weekend, May25, 26 & 27, 2024.
Info at: www.spcrr.org
LGB Makes Track
Maintenance Easier
This model of a German track laying machine hides
track cleaning wheels under a prototypical paint
scheme and lettering. For American rail maintenance,
the model also comes in Union Pacic livery. This LGB/
Märklin model has two cleaning wheels to keep the
track clean. Both wheelsets and the cleaning wheels
are each driven by a powerful ball bearing Bühler
motor. The loco now comes with an mfx/DCC sound
decoder with many light and sound functions. Cleaning
function and running sounds will work in analog opera-
tion. Cleaning wheels can be replaced as needed.
More information at:
LGB.com or email customerservice@marklin.com
Finger Lakes Live Steamers welcome G-Scale railroad-
ers to a Garden Railway Picnic, Open Run
and Trunk Sale on June 9, 2024, 10am to
4pm in Marengo, New York. Info at:
ngerlakeslivesteamers.org
Riverside Railroaders Club sponsors the North
East Ohio Large Scale (G Only) Train Show
June 1, 2024, at the Warren OH SCOPE
(YWCA). Info at: riversiderr.org
Father's Day Summer Layout Tour on June 15, 2024,
from 10am to 5pm in the greater
Portland area. 12 layouts will open
to the public. See rcgrs.com for details.
21671 Track Cleaning Locomotive
Miami Valley Garden Railway Society will be running
their modular layout again at the 2024 Rail Festival
at Carillon Park in Dayton, Ohio, on June22 & 23,
2024. Rail exhibits include train rides, histor-
ical and model train displays, rail vendors
and more. For more information, check:
railfestival.com and daytonhistory.org
A Sampling of Regional Meets, Train Shows and Rail Fairs in 2024
USA Trains Oers New
Intermodal Cars with Containers
USA Trains is again producing a wide range of 1:29
scale intermodal cars with containers. Intermodal cars
come in multiple road names with multiple numbers
for each line. Individual containers in 20, 40, 45 and
48 foot lengths for multiple shippers, sets of cars with
containers, and sets of containers will be available.
More information at: www.usatrains.com
Click on “Ultimate Series Rolling Stock”
The National Big Train Operators Club Con-
vention is "Back on Track" in Bird-in-Hand,
Pennsylvania from June 15 to 20, 2024.
Details at: bigtrainoperator.com
Email editor@GRNews.org with your events.
21672 Union Pacic Track Cleaning Locomotive
News & Notes GR News Original Content Garden Railroading News Page 5
San Diego Garden Railway Society will
host the 2024 West Coast Regional Meet
Saturday through Thursday, August 10 to 15,
2024. Most layouts will be open two days to
allow plenty of viewing time between visits to other San
Diego attractions. August 14 will be a day of garden
railroading clinics at Walter Andersen Nursery. A
Farewell Luncheon on August 15 will take place at Old
Poway Park, near the Poway-Midland RR, a narrow
gauge steam train ride. Details and registration at:
www.sdgardenrailway.com
The National Steamup Symposium will
steam up on October 9 to 13, 2024 in Lodi,
California. Details at: www.steam-events.org
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38668 WP&YR Wood Coach
#330 Peace River
38260 WP&YR Mini-Mogul #53
38667 WP&YR Wood Coach
#308 Klondike River
More information at: www.piko-america.com
For the latest catalog and new items brochure:
https://www.piko-america.com/pages/catalogs-brochures-and-yers
Georgia Garden Railway Society is planning a three
day 2024 Southeast Regional Get-Together from
August23 to 25, 2024 including the 65th
Atlanta Model train Show in Duluth, Georgia.
Friday night Dinner Get-Together will be a
picnic buet at the nearby Gwinnett County
Bethesda Park Senior Center.
Discounted rooms available
(through ggrs.info website) at
Embassy Suites, Atlanta NE/
Gwinnet Sugarloaf in Duluth.
The 2024 Southeast Region Get-Together Car is a USA
Trains 40’ steel box car available for pre-order. For
details and registration, go to: www.ggrs.info
The SurfLiner 2024 NMRA (National Model Railroad
Association) National Convention will tour Southern
California from August 4 to 11, 2024,
based in Long Beach, California. Details at:
www.nmra.org/conventions
Additional Regional Meets, Train Shows and Rail Fairs in 2024
37451 Strabag VI NoHAB Diesel Locomotive with sound
PIKO America Looks back at Two Centuries
Go back in time to the mid 20th Century or time travel further
to the late 19th Century with new items from PIKO America.
PIKO has modeled the NoHAB, introduced in Europe in 1954, as painted in 2007 in Santa Fe Warbonnet colors
with Strabag on the nose. Strabag Rail, a rail service company, still operates the NoHAB locomotive and period-
ically changes the livery for special runs and dierent seasons. Eye-catching details include the distinctive front
cab windows, nely etched ventilation grills, and perfectly ush
side “portholes.” Between the two powerful engines and the
nely tuned gear ratios, this model boasts excellent driving
and pulling characteristics. The locomotive features various
lighting functions, looks great in darkness, and features
a clear impressive sound. In September, PIKO America
expects shipment of the NoHAB painted in the "Winter"
paint scheme, perfect for Christmas.
If you are modeling Alaskan railroading, you will want to add this new train based on old prototypes to your lay-
out. The White Pass & Yukon Railroad coaches are still listed on the roster of the White Pass Scenic Railway.
White Pass & Yukon Railroad #53 is an aordable 2-6-0 “Mini” Mogul with a pop of red, like the real line liked to
do on their units. It’s equipped with operating directional lighting, a powerful 5-pole precision can-type ball-bear-
ing motor, and durable plastic ball-bearing drive wheels. It comes with a working smoke unit and analog sound,
and is easily upgradeable to DCC and digital sound using a PIKO's #36220 Digital Steam Sound Kit.
Two durable wood coach passenger cars, with nicely detailed interiors, pair well with WP&YR #53. The coaches
sport two new roadnames/numbers to add to PIKO’s lineup of WP&YR livery.
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Accucraft/Aster Hobby Circles
the World with New Engines
Livesteamstation.com is taking deposits on new live
steam locomotives whose prototypes ran in Scotland,
Japan, and the American West. The ready-to-run or kit
versions are going into production at Accucraft/Aster
with delivery expected later this year.
The 1:32 scale LNER Class P2 No. 2001 “Cock O’ the
North” served Scotland in the 1930s. This 2-8-2 steam
locomotive is modelled on the prototype engine built
by Doncaster Works in 1934 which featured a dou-
ble-chimney Kylchap exhaust and a Lentz rotary-cam
actuated poppet valve gear. Conventional Walchaerts
valve gears were used on the ve additional class P2
locomotives produced. This model feature 3 cylinders
and inside Walschaerts with a simulated Lentz poppet
valve outside the frame.
Coming Soon in GR News:
Kevin Strong Reviews the
Bowande Saddle Tank Baldwin
0-6-0 Live Steam Locomotive
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LNER Class P2, Cock O’ the North
The Benkei 2-6-0 Mogul was produced by H.K.Porter
in 1880 to run on the Horonai Railway in Hokkaido,
Japan. These class 7100 locomotives served on Jap-
anese Government Railways through 1917. The loco-
motives were virtually identical to H.K. Porter's large
Class C narrow-gauge Moguls. Only the frames and
wheels were widened to 42-inch gauge. The 30-inch
gauge Moguls ran on the Black Hills & Fort Pierre RR
in South Dakota and the Oregonian Railway in north-
ern Oregon in the late eighteenth century. The 1:20.3
Accucraft/Aster model is available in livery appropri-
ate for JGRwy, Black Hills RR, and Oregonian Rwy.
More information at: www.livesteamstation.com
Japanese Government Rwy Class 7100 H.K. Porter 2-6-0 Locomotive
American Narrow Gauge H.K. Porter 2-6-0 Class C Locomotives
Phoenix Sound Systems Closes;
Sound Library Still Available
Phoenix Sound Systems has stopped sales and custom-
er support for their line of locomotive sound boards.
Their website remains online so that previous customers
have access to their library of BigSound™ sounds for
download. If you use Phoenix Sound in your locomo-
tives, get your sound les while still accessible.
Sacramento GRS is planning the 2025
National Garden Railway Convention in
Sacramento, California, from June18 to 22,
2025. Vendor hall and clinics will be at the
Sacramento Convention Center. The Friday night ban-
quet will be at the California State Railroad Museum.
Layouts will be open throughout the Sacramento area.
Info will be posted soon at: ngrc2025.org
See next page for photos of some of the layouts.
2025 Convention in Sacramento CA
2) I no longer use the plastic “glass” which comes with the kits. The PIKO plastic “glass” is more like
a thin film which yellows and becomes brittle very quickly outdoors and the POLA plastic “glass”
is much thicker but yellows after about five years. I have used Lexan (Plexiglass available at Home
Depot) and real glass for about the last 15 years. The glass is siliconed in place after the frames
are glued in.
3) Thermal laminate the paper
“curtains” which come printed
on sheets with most kits. Cut
out the individual curtains and
space them out on the laminate
sheet about 3/4” - 1” apart so
the curtains can be cut out of
the laminate sheets while
keeping all four sides sealed
with about 3/8” – 1/2” of
laminate. The laminating keeps
the moisture away from the
paper curtains and they last
forever. Use a UV resistant
laminate and they won’t
yellow. Install them with
silicone around the window
frames after the glass is on. Original Sheets 3 Individual Laminated Curtains
4) Lastly, I generally (but not always) glue the doors shut to keep the mice out.
I hope this helps your buildings stay together and looking better longer.
Article from: Central Ontario Garden Railway Society Rails & Weeds Spring 2024 facebook.com/COGRACanada Garden Railroading News Page 37
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April 27 & 28, 2024
nelsts.org
2024 G-Scale Southeast
Regional Get-Together
Friday – August 23rd – Self-Guided Layout Tours
Saturday – August 24th – Vendor Hall
The 65th Atlanta Model Train Show • Duluth, GA
Sunday – August 25th – Self-Guided Layout Tours
Info at: GGRS.info
Letters & Afliated Clubs Outside the U.S. GR News Original Content Garden Railroading News Page 38
STRAIGHT FROM THE
IRON HORSE’S MOUTH
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Letters
Canada
AB …………… Northern Alberta Garden Railroaders
…………… Rocky Mountain Garden Railroaders
BC ………… Black Mountain Railway Club
…………… BC Society of Model Engineers
…………… Fraser Valley G-Scale Friends
…………… Greater Vancouver Garden Railway Club
…………… Vancouver Island Garden Railway Club
ON ………… Bluewater Railroaders (formerly Ontario’s West Coast GRS)
…………… Burlington Model Railway Club
…………… Central Ontario GR Association
…………… Golden Horseshoe Live Steamers
…………… London Garden Railway Society
…………… Ottawa Valley Garden Railroad Society
Countries beyond north ameriCa
AUS ………… Garden Railway Club of Australia Inc.
…………… Australian Model Railroad Assoc QLD
…………… Australian Model Railroad Assoc VIC
DE …………… Club der LGB Freunde Rhein Sieg e.V
(Monchengladbach/Rheydt)
NZ …………… Auckland Garden Railway Group
…………… Christchurch Garden Railway Group
…………… Locos, Lads & Lasses
…………… Waikato Garden Railway Group
…………… Wairarapa Garden Railway Group
…………… Wellington Garden Railway Group
SWE ………… NTJ, Näsets Trädgårds Järväg (Varmland)
…………… Sveriges Tradgardsjarngar (Stockholm)
CH …………… US G-Scale Friends Switzerland
UK …………… G Scale Society United Kingdom
…………… Kent Group: G Scale Society
Aliated Clubs outside the US by Province & Country as of 3/25/2024
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Not So Simple to Wire a
Blunami Shay
Carla,e article by Dave Smith is
about a simple product swap from
an old RC control system to a new
one. To title the article Installing
Blunami in a Shay is very misleading
to someone who has never converted
a Shay to radio control from track
power. As a professional installer, I
have converted many Shays from
track power to R/C. ere are many
electrical issues to be considered
Here are some of the pitfalls:
1. e trucks must be disassembled to
disconnect the pickups on the trucks
from the motor in the trucks. e
pickups assemblies in the trucks must
be removed. is process may vary
as Bachmann, in its innite wisdom,
wired some Shays with the motors
connected directly to the track
pickups (2 wires going up into the
engine) and others with 4 wires up
into the engine (2 for power pickup
and 2 going back to the motor for
speed control). ere is a circuit
board in the rebox at the bottom
of the engine where all of the wires
terminate. In R/C the motors MUST
be connected to the BLU-4408 to
control engine speed.
2. All of the lighting wiring also
terminates in the rebox and must be
extended and rerouted to the BLU-
4408. is is not an easy task as the
new wires need to be routed through
the body and frame of the engine.
Bachmann never expected an end
user to open the rebox and work on
the printed circuit board. All of the
wires are installed with a minimum
of slack in the wiring making it very
dicult to move enough to work on.
3. A power/charge switch and a
charging jack for the battery(ies)
must be installed somewhere
accessible to the operator. ere
are other factors that complicate
a FULL conversion from track
power to radio control. Perhaps your
author of the article could write an
addendum or second article to clarify
for the readers about how complex it
really is. Basically none of the wires
he hooked up are resident in the
tender on a stock Shay.
Bob Ferguson
Garden Railroad Supply Company
Martinez CA
Hi Bob, Sorry for the misleading cover
blurb. Dave Smith's conversion to R/C
happened years ago, but I would wel-
come an article explaining track to R/C
conversion. Articles can be submitted to:
editor@GRNews.org.
Yours, Carla Brand Breitner,
Editor
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Aliated United States Clubs by State as of 3/25/2024
AL …………… North Alabama Garden Railway Club
AR …………… Greater Hot Springs Garden Railway Society
…………… Northwest Arkansas Garden Railway Society
AR/OK/MO* … Ozark Garden Railroad Society
AZ …………… Arizona Big Trains Operators
…………… Central Arizona Model RR Club
…………… Gadsden Pacic Div. Toy Train Operating Museum
…………… Oracle Community Learning Garden Kid’s Railroad
…………… Sun City West Model Railroad Club
…………… Tucson Garden Railway Society
…………… VDO Garden Railroad Club
…………… West Valley Garden Railroad Society
CA …………… 1:32 Scale Group
…………… Bay Area Garden Railway Society
…………… Central California Coast Garden Railroad Society
…………… Del Oro Pacic Large Scale Modular Railroaders
…………… Diablo Pacic Short Line
…………… Fairplex Garden Railroad Volunteers
…………… Gandydancers
…………… Gold Coast Garden Railway Society
…………… Mendocino Coast Model RR & Navigation Co.
…………… Orange County Garden Railway Society
…………… Redwood Empire Garden Railway Society
…………… Sacramento Valley Garden Railway Society
…………… San Diego Garden Railway Society
…………… San Joaquin Valley Garden Railway Society
…………… San Leandro Historical Railway Society G&O Rwy
…………… Santa Clarita Valley Garden Railroad Club
…………… Santa Fe & Buthead Cove RR Train Group
…………… Shasta Garden Railway Society
…………… Southern California Garden Railway Society
…………… Upland Garden Railroad Society
CO …………… Denver Garden Railway Society
…………… Grand Valley Model Railroad Club
…………… Mile High Garden Railway Society
…………… Northern Colorado Garden Railroaders
CT …………… Boothe Memorial Railway Society
…………… Central Connecticut “G” Gaugers Modular Club
…………… CT ”G” Scalers
D.C./MD/VA* Washington, Virginia & Maryland GRS
DE …………… First State Model Railroad Club
…………… Shore Line Garden Railroad Club
FL …………… Emerald Coast Garden Railway Club
…………… Florida Garden Railway Society
…………… Gulf Coast & Central Florida RR Museum, Bushnell Stn
…………… Model RR Division of Florida RR Museum
…………… Tradewinds & Atlantic Railroad, Inc
…………… West Florida Railroad Museum
GA …………… Georgia Garden Railway Society
IA …………… Central Iowa Garden Railway Society
ID …………… Southern Idaho G-Scale Railroad Society
ID/WA* ……… Inland Northwest Garden Railroad Society
IL ……………… Chicago Area Garden Railway Society
…………… LGB Model Railroad Club of Chicago
…………… Midwest RAILS (Railroaders Active In Large Scale)
IN …………… Illiana Garden Railway Society
…………… Indiana Large Scale Railroaders
KS/MO* …… MO-KAN Garden Railroaders
KY/OH* …… Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society
LA …………… Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders
MA …………… Amherst Railway Society
…………… Rusty Rails & Rotten Ties
MD …………… Mason Dixon Large Scale Railroad Society
MD/DC/VA* Washington, Virginia & Maryland GRS
ME …………… Maine Garden Railway Society
MI …………… Lakeshore Garden Railway Club
MN ………… Minnesota Garden Railway Society
………………… Minnesota Friends of Garden Railroad & G Scale
MO/KS* …… MO-KAN Garden Railroaders
MO/AR/OK* … Ozark Garden Railroad Society
NC …………… Apple Valley Model Railroad Club
…………… Gibsonville Garden RailRoad Inc
…………… North Carolina Garden Railway Society
…………… Piedmont Garden Railway Society
NE …………… Rivercity Railroaders
…………… Starry Night Railway
NH …………… New Hampshire Garden Railway Society
NJ …………… New Jersey Garden Railway Society
…………… South Jersey Garden Railway Society
NM ………… New Mexico Garden Railroaders
NV …………… Las Vegas Garden Railroad Society
…………… Northern Nevada Garden Railroad Society
NY …………… Central New York Large Scale Railway Society
…………… Finger Lakes Live Steamers
…………… Genesee G Gauge Railway Society
…………… Hudson Valley Large Scale Railroad Club
…………… Long Island Garden Railway Society, Inc.
…………… Western New York Garden Railway Society
OH …………… Buckeye State Garden Railroaders
…………… Columbus Garden Railway Society
OH/KY* ……… Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society
…………… Miami Valley Garden Railway Society
…………… Northern Ohio Garden Railway Society
…………… Riverside Railroad Club
OK …………… Central Oklahoma Garden Railroad Society
OK/AR/MO* … Ozark Garden Railroad Society
…………… Tulsa Garden Railway Club
OR …………… Cascade Crossing Module G-Scale Group
…………… Medford Garden Railroaders
…………… Northwest “G” Railroad Club
…………… Rose City Garden Railway Society
PA …………… Lehigh Valley Garden Railroaders
…………… North Central Pennsylvania Mountains GRS
…………… Pennsylvania Garden Rail Society
…………… Pittsburgh Garden Railway Society
…………… Southeastern Pennsylvania Garden Railway Society
…………… Susquehanna Valley Garden Railway Society
TN …………… Crossville Model Railroad Club
…………… Knoxville Area Model Railroaders
…………… Mid-South Garden Railway Society
…………… Nashville Garden Railway Society
TX …………… Houston Area G Gaugers
…………… North Texas Garden Railroad Club
…………… San Antonio Garden Railway Engineer Society
UT …………… Color Country Model Railroad Club
…………… Utah Garden Railway Society
VA …………… Piedmont Railroaders
…………… Tidewater Big Train Operators
VA/DC/MD* Washington, Virginia & Maryland GRS
WA ………… Emerald Heights' Garden Railroad
WA/ID* ……… Inland Northwest Garden Railroad Society
…………… Puget Sound Garden Railway Society
WI …………… Kenosha Garden Railroad Society
…………… Wisconsin Garden Railway Society
* Club/Society includes members from multiple states and is listed under each state.
Afliated Clubs in the U.S. Check www.GRNews.org for an up-to-date Club Listing Garden Railroading News Page 39
National US
Big Train Operator Club LGB of America
Advertiser index
2025 NGRC Sacramento CA ……… 40
4TrackRR …………………………………… 28
Accucraft/Live Steam Station ……… 24
Bachmann …………………………………… 15
Bridgewerks ……………………………… 33
Dallee Electronics ……………………… 33
EnterTrainment Junction ……………… 40
GardenLines.net ………………………… 27
gardentrains.fun ………………………… 34
Gary Raymond Wheels ……………… 28
G Scale Graphics ……………………… 37
G Scale Society – UK ………………… 33
Hot Wire Foam Factory ……………… 30
J.S. Woodcrafts ………………………… 35
LGB America ……………………………… 29
Live Steam Station/Accucraft ………… 24
Locolinc (Keithco Inc) ………………… 26
Model Decal Depot …………………… 26
MO-KAN Midwest Gathering 2024 36
Mostly GScale.com
…………………… 33
MyLocoSound …………………………… 37
National Steamup Symposium ……… 35
NorthEast Large Scale Train Show 8,37
Only Trains …………………………………… 14
PIKO America …………………………… 23
RailBoss …………………………………… 37
RCS of New England ………………… 36
Reindeer Pass …………………………… 28
RLD Hobbies ………………………………… 19
Shawmut Car Shops …………………… 32
Southeast Region Get-Together 2024 37
Split Jaw Products/RailClamp.com 27
Sunset Valley Railroad ………………… 28
Train Installations ……………………… 32
Trains in the Garden with Dave …… 34
Trainz.com …………………………………… 31
Valley Train Station …………………… 34
West Coast Regional Meet 2024 … 36
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