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Re: MOC Streamliner Observation Car
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 4 Jun 2003 06:45:31 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Stefan Garcia wrote:
> > Thanks for the link. As for why aluminum became so cheap, not sure. Maybe
> > there was a lot of scrap metal from WWII being recycled?
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> I heard it was due to cheap electricity in the NW part of the US. Bauxite
> smelting can make good use of cheap electricity.
All that stainless steel (trains) aluminium (houses) and chrome (automobiles)
must have made the the US citizens of the 50's "shiny happy people"!!! ... and
these chrome bricks do it for me now! Lets have some more .....
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