Exhibit 31.1
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CERTIFICATIONS
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I, Verne E. Bray, certify that:

         1. I have  reviewed  this  Quarterly  Report  on  Form  10-QSB  of NACO
         Industries, Inc.;

         2. Based on my  knowledge,  this  report  does not  contain  any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which
         such  statements  were made, not misleading  with respect to the period
         covered  by this  report;

         3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
         information  included in this  report,  fairly  present in all material
         respects the financial condition,  results of operations and cash flows
         of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

         4. The registrant's  other certifying officer and I are responsible for
         establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange  Act Rules  13(a)-15(e)  and  15(d)-15(e))  for the
         registrant and we have:

                  a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                  such  disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under
                  our supervision,  to ensure that material information relating
                  to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
                  made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
                  during the period in which this report is being prepared;

                  b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's  disclosure
                  controls  and  procedures  and  presented  in this  report our
                  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                  and  procedures,  as of the end of the period  covered by this
                  report based on such evaluation; and

                  c)  disclosed  in this  report any change in the  registrant's
                  internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
                  the registrant's  most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's
                  fourth  fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual  report) that
                  has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
                  affect,  the  registrant's  internal  control  over  financial
                  reporting; and

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         5. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer and I have  disclosed,
         based on our most recent  evaluation of internal control over financial
         reporting,  to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
         registrant's  board of directors (or persons  performing the equivalent
         function):

                  a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                  design  or  operation  of  internal   control  over  financial
                  reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely affect the
                  registrant's ability to record, process,  summarize and report
                  financial  information;  and

                  b)  any  fraud,   whether  or  not  material,   that  involves
                  management or other  employees who have a significant  role in
                  the registrant's internal controls.

Date: October 10, 2003

                                         /s/ Verne E. Bray
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                                         Verne E. Bray
                                         Chief Executive Officer and Secretary




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