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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    sorry been busy Hey guys sorry been away in GA, had to go see my new GRANDSON, the youngest and newest member of the Gauge and mrr and railfan. Introducing Anthony, 4lbs 10oz and came into the world a lot sooner than he was suppose to and scared the hell out of us, but hes one hellva a...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Well its the end of another Sat here in Tn the storms where pretty ungly last night tornado hit, didnt damage the house to bad but took down an oak tree thatsbeen in my yard since about the civil war. dam shame, at least I'll have fire wood for the next few winters. Yall have more fun than me, Tony
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    MMM donuts..Wet and chilly here in TN, suppose to rain all weekend. Hope everyone has a great day. Tony
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Hey Guys, Great donuts BUT NO COFFEE?? Hmmm. Well its a great cool day here in Tn. Looks Like I'll be firing a Contractor, Wish I could find one that was reliable. This guy keeps telling us next week and that was over a month ago.. Might have to go let some steam off maybe go railfanning. Tony
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Morning all, busy Monday raining here in TN. Still have a bunch of stuff to knock out on the Honey do list. Weve been discussing firing the donut guy< might have to start looking..LOL Have a great day, Tony
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    AHH donus and coffee, good deal, Great day here in TN, awsome sun rise and looks to be the same all day. Sorry to here about the rain Mike, Look at it like this lets you spend the day with your trains. TONY
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Morning all Nice donuts!! Great day in TN, hope the weekend stays like this. Join the club, FIRE ANTS are nasty little critters, best thing you can do is gas in there holes outside, and use a good insecticide inside. Lowes sells some really good stuff for them. Have fun and Good luck, Tony
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    Nashville star new units

    F7 Yes, its a F7 I do believe its the museums and yes its fully restored and operational, meet rail inspections. they us it for tourist runs and special excursions.
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    Nashville star new units

    whos shop Thats the Nashville & Easterns shop. Sorry thought it was a GP9, just going off what the guy down there told me. They said they are going to paint them on site.
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    Nashville star new units

    Just a look at whats in the paint shop for Nashville, looks like a GP9 and an fp40h waiting for paint.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Thomas good or bad Hey guys, Glad to see the donut guy finaly made it, thought I'd starve today.LOL:thumb: Well guys took the grand kids to see thomas the train this weekend, they had a blast, gigled all the way. Me on the other hand was disappointed, thought it would be a steam engine...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Rude awakening :rolleyes: Hey guys, was wonering what happened to everyone. Glad to see your back and had a good trip. We need to fire the coffee and donuts guy...I could sure use a cup this morning. I was rudly awoke this morning @ 6:15 by a limber truck in my drive. Which could be a good...
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    Sunday - prototype or freelance

    Well, I want to say both. I like Penn Central alot and have been pretty faithful to them over the years. I have to concour with Ralph the straight black and occational red/orange "P" gets boring so I have most of my paint scemes in old paint relettered for PC and Ive even done some modern...
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    asphalt and concrete

    string Was working on the string thing now, have to get some thick like button string or even maybe a type of dental floss. When I get that far I'll let yall know. The plastic strip didnt work real well and rolling a car over the track compressed the plaster down to the tracks and made a mess...
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    Great News!!

    Track Plan Hey Guys, I see what your saying in the yard area, I need to figure in a run around track, I do believe I have just enough room on both of the entry tracks to the wye to put in a run around /cutup track. As far as the industrial tier I was thinking of splitting elevations...
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    asphalt and concrete

    ashphalt roads Hey guys been looking and tring all of your ideas over the past few days. I want to thank yall for the imput . I've used the 600 grit paper for raods before and wiil continue to do so I think it works well, especially when you krinkle it up and produce cracks and detail it...
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    Saturday - Have you ridden????

    luckier than Most Well, I can say I'm luckier than most of us, As a mechanic I've worked on a whole bunch of antique equipment and even driveb some. Ive operated a 250ton wreck crane (used in a steel mill, as well as an old S-2,SW1000 and even a GP-30. Nothing real far just in the yards, but...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    The Farm I can symapathize with that Gil, Grew up on a dairy farm and I remeber many a cold tight winter. My Grandma and Mom always said we where not poor, just blessed as long as we had each other. I have to admitt I miss some of those days family with heavy blankets in the winter, everything...
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    asphalt and concrete

    Ok guys not, not sure if I'm in the right place. ANyways building a city layout and need to put my track in roads, just not sure how to do it? any suggestions will be welcome. Btw I model Nscale. Tony
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    were to get n sale track

    Hey Zach If I was you I'd try Mike over at FIFER hobbies, Hes a memeber of the gauge and he shoots to you a pretty square deal, there might be cheaper out there but atleast mike stands behind his product and hes there if you need a question awsered...