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July 9, 2023: The completed combine leaves for the mountains immediately, hanging on to an empty hopper truck pulled by a 26-ton SHAY.

July 16, 2023: EBT's 2bay and 3bay hoppers are now complete. Both ended up with a brown (NATO brown) finish. The lettering is almost identical to the original EBT, with the company name lettering replaced with my railroad's.



July 16, 2023: This model was assembled from the brass kit by IHM/KODAMA. In this way, the plastic hoppers mentioned above are quite good and comparable to the brass ones. I hope C&BT will re-release the plastic kits, but I wonder if the molds are no longer available, although the HOn3 is available.

July 23, 2023: NCNG (Nevada County Narrow Gauge) style mixed train.

July 28, 2023: The combined car No. 75 was also given a cosmetic makeover to match the latest No. 80.