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

    morning I think Hey guys, its a great day here in TN, just havein some coffee and enjoying the morning. Sitting out here on my back deck just waiting to see my first sign of that elusive,rare fall contractor to migrate over to my house and start building that nest.. sign1 TONY Have a great...
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    So, what does your wife think?

    Love of my life Well my wife until recently was very supportive of my Nscale layout. She builds building and details scenery, We go to shows and the LHS together. She has collected Logenburger baskets for as long as weve been married so its a good trade off. until about 3 years ago, I have a...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Coffees a brewing Hey guys well since I'm the first here this morning, climb up in the cabin coffees hot and eggs are a cooking.. Well all and all it was a good weekend,banged out a whole bunch of the honey doos, and even got to go look at some trains. the sunrise is great and looks like its...
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    Great News!!

    Heres the plan Well Guys been waiting on the contractor to show.. Its Sept hes suppose to start this week. But I have almost finish my track plan and want some input be staight and let me know what I should change and/or keep. The plan: N scale switching based on an area of Pa & NJ The Penn...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    labor day Good morning all, Great day here in Tn, Going to catch up on some of that honey do list today. Mike nice piece on Labor Day. Yall have fun now, Tony
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Good Morning all, another great day in TN. See the donuts are fresh..Off to take my grandson to see thomas the train in Nashville. Yall have a great day Tony
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    New Layout - Updated 6/4/06

    Aw come on now it could be worse?? I'm trying to figure out how to put my rails down so they look like there in ashphalt or comncrete? Just remember a little at a time and if you dont like how it comes out you just start over
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    New Layout - Updated 6/4/06

    Hey Chris, Ballast can be a pain. Something to think about, When you ballast your switches put a pipe cleaner in the frogs and rerailers, I use a piece of scotch tape over the points and throughs. It will make your life a lot easier when it comes time to clean it all up and run trains...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    No Gill, I'm old fashion but not that old fashion have a cable, and its pretty dam good. All in all Its a great day here in TN nice cool out. Falls a coming, time to dedicate time to the trains....No yard work for 6 months..HAHA Need an opion, was going to take my grandson to ride the thomas...
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    Cant you speed this forum up?

    I think the gauge is great place. I will however admitt it does run slow at times. Maybe there is away to archive the older posts and pics so as not to take up as much rom on the server but still alow us to look it up? Dont really know I'm not a computer geek, just a train NUT.. Tony
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Well I see you made it through the storm.. Hope everything is ok. Now its time to dry out. Been there before. Its cloudy and cool here in TN. Maybe I'll get a chance to get some railfanning in today. Tony
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    Trackplan III- ALL comments, criticisms or suggestions welcomed (warning long post)

    Nice plan. If you do all your modules no larger than 6' X 30" you should be good to be able to get anywhere you need to go. think of it as it cant be any larger than a table or bed. As far as wiring and track connections use door hinge pins to align everything and if you can use automotive type...
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    N-Scale Weekend Pics!!!

    Well all I can say is thats impressive, wish we could get something like that going down here. Nice work Tony
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Up late??? Don't know if you want to call it late or early, I work night shift at a truck dealer ship, so for me its normal. But I see no donuts around so yall just come on over to the cabin and I'll fix us a snack. pots always on here.sign1 TONY
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    Your Local Hobby Shop

    Just a little cuddous for FIFER Hobbies, I just ordered some switches from them and Mike replied to my emails right away helped me out, got my order to me and recieved it in 2 days no problems and when he didnt stock an item I wanted he recommended a hobby shop to me. Now thats what a good shop...