User talk:Oxyman

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Oxyman, welcome to Train Spotting World

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Great to see you here

Especially the video additions. I've just added a new category to hold model rail videos, too.

Tim Trent Talk to me 10:26, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the welcome, I have signed in to Workforce:UK Railways and will probably end up spending more time here then I really should :) Oxyman 14:16, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
    • That's great! Don;t forget to tell your friends about us. And, if you are a member of any clubs that would like to have "their" own pages here, that would be great, too. Tim Trent Talk to me 15:31, 29 December 2007 (UTC)