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

    Evening! Well...best laid plans usually change. Today turned out to be honey do day. Bride wanted her fountain back up and running, deck cleaned and stained, and something done about the mosquitos in the yard. So we stopped at tractor supply, and picked up a pump, and some anti-mosquito...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Doug: MTH 30-11040 O Scale Sanding Tower Lionel 14255 Sand Tower Both about $30 MSRP. The Die-Cast Water Column and Sanding Tower are two of the few thing I like in MTH. Kurt
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Kim: Wow....He's only 31...Prayers for you and Krawler. Take care of yourself too. It's easy to lose yourself in this, and you need to keep up your strength for him. Sir James: Any of those Cab-1? I may need to call in the tardis. Kurt
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning! Doug: Water column looks like a great accessory! You'll be buying the sanding tower soon as well. CSXect: Great news on the bosses keeping you employed! Jeffery: How are your feet? Continued prayers for healing. Bride has 4-day weekend...We're just back from breakfast...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning! Great engine Jeffrey! Looks like a pile-up in the back as you were taking the engine pics...Better investigate. The park is comming along nicely! Maybe an imprompt-to game of baseball squeezed in while they are waiting for the grill to heat up? Maybe some frisbee? Chief...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Evening! Still trying to catch up with what's going on. Don: Glad to hear Chris is doing better. Jeffrey: Prayers for healing. Sir James: Praying your conjestion is just due to all the junk falling out of the trees, and nothing serious. Kurt
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning! Just arrived back...Prayers for Chris. Kurt Edit...Sorry I mis-read Chief's post earlier, and thought Don was in the hospital.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Those daubers will build nests in the muffler, and clog up the works in 2-cycle engines...and they'll build in chainsaws, trimmers, just about anything. Good thing they caught it. Kurt
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    :woot1:bday1:woot1: Happy Birthday Doug! :violin1: With a bit of chamber music! aussie Pushing, and pulling track and making more clearance adjustments....Drilling holes to get the wiring pulled. That's about all the time I will have this week for trains. Getting ready for our trip...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Afternoon all! Been busy...Installed Woodland Scenics foam roadbed. A little squishy...probably wouldn't recommend for larger layouts with real heavy engines. Very easy to work with. The beveled roadbed material works well under the 022 switch motors. Really no need to use the sheets...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    John: Great pictures of your uncle! He looks right at home there. Chuck: Happy Birthday! CSXect: Great photos! I bet you could keep up with the young ones now! Doug: Extra prayers for you and your family. Kurt
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning! Cleaned, and re-attached/wired the 2033 powered engine...still getting sparks from the pick-up roller. I think think the roller pins are a bit dirty. I did clean with CRC, and a brass wheel, but I didn't get the pins and connections. I did find quite a bit of metal shavings around the...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning! Spankybird: That's one beautiful engine! So people can bring their trains to run at the museum? Brutus: LOL! They deserved it! Sounds like the neighbor needs a hobby. We do tomatos in pots. With all the oak and hickory trees around, we can't really grow anything in the...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Doug: Tell her not to worry...I'm sure there are many faithful readers beside Brutus and myself. I tried signing up to make comments, and Yahoo wanted too much information. I finally forced myself to input what it wanted, it crashed on me twice, so I gave up, but I still read the blog. Kurt
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning! Well, another new project arrived yesterday! Lionel UP 2033 Alco A-A units! Been looking for these for quite awhile, and finally found one(s) I like with an agreeable price. Now I don't have time to work on them. One broken wire to the motor. The power unit seems to run and the...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Evening! Been working on the layout, so I don't spend a lot of time online for now...trying to get finished. Doug: Safe travels! Ozzy: Still praying for your cure. Tom: Still praying for your FiL. Whatta mess. Glad he's home! Kurt
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Evening! Marcie: Looks great! A little too tidy, but the layout looks like a lot of fun! CSXect: Great news! What will you do when you reach your goal??? Jeffrey: You're still in my prayers. I love those rail box cars! Great Job! Doug: A giant Whaaa???? I'm dying here! :rofl: More...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning!? Tom: Prayers for continued healing with your FiL. Thank God he listend to you and saw the EMT's. Jonadel: Great News on the The Patriot Guard Riders! New bunk bed in for 3-yo. She's sleeping in there now...Woo Hoo! Quiet day planned for today...Need to get the girls out of...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning! CSXect: Congratulations! Doug: Woo Hooo! Cold here. 3-yo wanted to plant flowers...We better wait. Kurt
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Evening all! Just a quick stop to see everyone. Moves about 4-yards of mulch this afternoon...only 3-more to go! Rains a commin...wind shifted, and the skys got really dark...buttoned up and will finish tomorrow. Ordered Woodland Scenic foam roadbed to go on top of the soundboard. Atlas...
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