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Postby Tramp » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:17 pm

Pete, best card ever. Really like this one very much.

Hev, There're coming in January. Gonna run them all through the house. Well, not the kitchen.

I'm raising a glass to Picasso, the dog that graced Dennis's Christmas cards in such a noble manner. Here's to the fellow. May he rest in peace.
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Postby 2railjon » Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:56 pm

A Zebra for Christmas!!!.................. :shock:

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I don't know what I was thinking when a few years ago I sold my Atlas TMCC Santa Fe SW zebra stripe on Ebay. Ever since I've missed the heck out of that little switcher!!! Well, it looks like ol' Santa ain't forgot neither. He found another one. Brand spankin' new in the box for 190.00. And ol' Santy's got her loaded up in his sleigh for special delivery. Lucky me. :D
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Postby Mitch » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:01 pm

I really like that scale pilot and steps, but that hollow in the front really makes that coupler look HUGE. Where'd ja get a deal like that. TMCC and all?

I just got the NYC GP9 set set up under the tree, right on the carpet. My son gets my grandson for 5 hours tomorrow, and I'm gonna let him bust it up. :lol:
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Postby hev52 » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:50 pm

Mitch.........................ya cover that hollow up with a snowplow.......................... :wink:




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Postby Del Mar » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:41 am

Petey,

Gotta echo Tramp on the card. I love the cards and keep them beyond each Christmas Season. Leah's poem was just perfect. She and the other sacks of spuds are the best gift you could ever get. My Tiffany and Rosie are special to me, and I know that feeling.

This evening, I got out a mailing tube from a certain hobo associate in (let's just say) down east. It arrived several seasons ago. My evening project is mounting the rather striking images and they are going up in the train room. Along with the Christmas cards. And the tin cup. And the lump of coal. I have been blessed my association with you guys.

Looking forward to meeting Wayne and any of his entourage that come along next week. If he and his consent to it, I'll post some pictures. I have always envied the gatherings in PA., so it will be nice to connect with another hobo.

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Postby 2railjon » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:13 am

Renovo and DennisB, My heart goes out to the both of you. We lost our family dog this year as well.
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Postby Tramp » Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:13 am

San, it would be wonderful to see some pictures of your train room.
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Postby hev52 » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:16 pm

Renovo and DennisB, I know what you Bo's are going thru. It's hard .................

I lost 2 of my best friends within 6 months of each other last year................................






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Postby rogruth » Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:15 pm

I can see from the photos that you loved your dogs and they loved you.

Always hard.
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Postby AG » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:44 pm

Red bridge with sorghum on me!!
The fire is done, bigbands are playing in the background, full moon, and nice temp. Who is around here?
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Postby 2railjon » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:37 pm

Andre, Sam Adams Boston Ale here tonight, CHEERS!!!!!! :D
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Postby AG » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:48 pm

Cheers!
finally you decided use atlas track...what about the turnout issues....
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Postby 2railjon » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:07 pm

Andre, The two outer loops won't have turn-outs. The inner two will have them using Atlas #5 or #7's for sidings. I had a great day in the train house flipping the original plywood over to start fresh (I could'nt scrape all the damn glued ballast off to level crap) and was amazed that no cutting or trimming was required! The old :"measure twice, cut once" rule, really works!!! I'll start tomorrow with nailing it back down. For now we've got tornado warnings in effect with some serious weather rolling in!!!!
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Postby AG » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:22 pm

holy $h!t!!
The hurricane season ends in November here. does tornados have a season too?
Do you have a basement right....anyway still scary.....
My pray for you.....
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Postby Mitch » Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:50 am

highrailjon wrote:Andre, The two outer loops won't have turn-outs. The inner two will have them using Atlas #5 or #7's for sidings. The old :"measure twice, cut once" rule, really works!!!



Damn!! I cut it twice and it's still too short! :lol:

Jon, did you play with the Atlas software for layout design? I've been foolin' with this for 4 years now, finally gettin' the hang of 7.0 vs 5.0. Those #5s and #7.5s really eat up some real estate. If I turn my woodshop into a train room, I'd have a 28 x 14 (inside dimension) room for trains. To come out of an 090 or 099 curve on each end, and to try to put a yard in between only leaves about 18' to get off the main, into the yard, and then back out on the main again. Of course, if I want to be able to get in from either track, then I'd need a pair of #5s on the mains at either end, then another to begin the yard entrance. That takes another 5' off of each end, which ain't leavin' me a whole hell of a lot of room to put in a yard. :shock:
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