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

    Good morning. It's 56 and cloudy (and slightly wet) heading for a high around 70 with a chance of thunderstorms. Planned out some more of the fence around the Shell station property. I don't have enough fence to go all the way around so I'll put it around the more visible area (front) and...
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    Weekly Photo Fun 2-6/2-12

    Proto 2000 GP38-2 given to me by a friend. It was originally UP.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Good morning. It's currently 54 and mostly cloudy. The high should be in the mid 70's and it will be partly cloudy with a small chance of rain. I started work yesterday on the fence around the Shell station property as well as performing some general maintenance on the layout. On the fire dept...
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    Weekly Photo Fun 2-6/2-12

    Nice shot!
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Good morning. It's 50 and clear. The high will be around the mid 70's and it will be partly cloudy. Planned project for today will be to get a fence up on the Shell station property/ Funny thing about plans is that they don't always go as planned. We also have fire dept hose testing today...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Download the Google toolbar. It has an excellent spell checker that can learn new words. It also has a translator.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Nice that you're getting a long steady rain there. I know you can use it.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Good morning. It's 45 and cloudy. The high will be around 70 and it will be partly cloudy. The hedges are up around the park and plans are in place for erecting a fence around the property occupied by the Shell station. Spent part of yesterday dusting off some of the things on the layout. Some...
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    Weekly Photo Fun 2-6/2-12

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

    Yeah, there's no cure for it. It just progresses.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    I wish! I have a condition called 'Charcot foot'. Do a search on it and you'll see why you don't want it. Be warned, photos turned up by the search are not for those with weak stomachs.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Scratch another project off the list. I got the hedge in place around the park. The hedge is made from strips of dark blue furnace filter material that's been spray painted spruce green and covered with a thick layer of green blended turf. It's held in place by wood pegs.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Good morning. It's 30 and clear. The high is expected to be around 60 and it will be partly cloudy. I got the track laid into the engine house yesterday, finally. Now I have to find a place to put the Walther's Lakeside Shipping building. I also need to start to work on the foundation for the...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    He was supposed to have a cane in hand. It got broke off and I don't know where it is. I hear ya on the back trouble. Mine's been messed up for years. I use a tractor to drag the ties off the truck and get them to where I need them.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Got me a good lunch today. A beef taco casserole. Later today I'm going to try to get started on the engine house track project.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Good morning. It's a balmy 33F and it's partly cloudy. The high should be in the low 50's and it will be partly cloudy. Yesterday I got the dummy UP GP40 apart and weighted it with modeling clay. The nice thing about this stuff is that it never dries out so it stays heavy. The loco started off...