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    Coffee Shop Part VII is now OPEN

    Hi Gang: It's been awhile. I almost didn't find the place. It does look good decked out for us guys. We've been up to our eyebrows in work the last few months. I haven't been able to do any HO MRRing execpt order a Twin Cities HI from Walthers. I've got a connection to get Walthers stuff at...
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    Show Your Face

    Hi Printer. I hope that you get to feeling better. I think that you have the right idea to get the trains out. Where are you located? Might be that some of the guys are near and could give you a hand. I'm in North Texas west of Ft. Worth. I model a free lance iron ore hauler in upper Michagan in...
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Hi All: It's really hot today. 104 without much humidity so no heat index. I got the far back yard raked and remowed so it looks pretty good. We also got the cows into the corral and started to sort them out. We came up one short so went looking. We found her in the far west pasture with a new...
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Evening Gang: KenL: Only one buss? That took real resistance. I got some work done on the 7 1/2 inch gauge today. I had planned on working on the locomotive but I left the air hose fore the air grinder at the house. Since I had the weed trimmer I cut the weeds and found the main line. How...
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Hi Gang, not much going on. Steve that's a smoking monster all right. I've seen Alcos that didn't make that much smoke, and they were 244 engines. The big tractor busted it's fan belt so I out of work with it untill at least Monday. The thing is that it also needs an engine overhaul, clutch...
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Evening Gang: I finally got the pasture mowed. Now I have to cut the Mesquite out and mow what's left. If anybody wants Mesquite wood for barbquing come on down. You can alll you can cut and haul. Well it's bed time. Good Night All
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Evening Gang: Well at least one more day of mowing that pasture. I'll try and get it finished tomorrow, I hope. Not much else going on. At least the pasture is next to the UP main line so I can get some train watching in. Right now I'm pooped so I'll say, Good Night All
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Evening Gang: KenL: The 7+ gauge and the 1 to 1 cows are eating up my time right now. I've been looking real hard at the Walthers Hiawatha set and the Milwaukee Depot kit. I wish that they would have brought out these before I got so deep into the iron ore hauling. Not much went on today...
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Evening Gang: I got the locomotive all cleaned up and lubricated. You haven't lived untill you've cleaned the flues in one of these live steamers. Believe me HO is much cleaner. Stan I guess since you have both sizes you could compare them side by side. I've been in HO for 53 years so I'm...
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Evening All: We spent the day over at my friends 7 1/2 in gauge track running live steam. My son John ran my locomotive and it did very well. I just sat back and enjoyed the ride. We are going to run some tomorrow so I'd better get to bed. My best to everyone. Good Night All
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Evening All: Steve add my congrats also. It would be nice if that did get her a better offer from down under. You would enjoy retardedment. I am, but I'm also working my rear end off. KenL: Nice going on the locomotive. I hope that the family wasn't too shook up with the shout. The lastest...
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Beautiful story Rex. Thank you for sharing.
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Woah. What happened? Oh well Say Good Night Paul. Good Night Paul I'm getting tired and old, not in that neccesarely in that order.
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    I just goofed. I dumped the post. Anyway, I'll start again. Not much going on here today. I got some firearm cleaning done and I got things set up for Mary Ann to start working on her shelves for the container. I'll give her a hand of course. The sooner she can move things in the sooner I get...
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Evening Gang: Not much going on today. Happy Birthday NZKen. 39 really isn't bad. Wait untill you hit 60. My next will be 65. I feel like I'm 24 untill I get to doing something like trimming brush and trees, then I feel like 95. Time for bed. Good Night All
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Evening Gang: I got some things done on the 7 1/2 inch gauge today but nothing on the HO. That and chasing meterial for the pump house about took up the day. Tomorrow I hope to get started on the shelves for the container and then I may get some more working room in the basement. Time for bed...
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Josh: I'm sorry to hear about your dad. My thoughts and prayers are with him for a speady recovery. Not much to report tonight. I worked on trimming the brush at the UPRR crossing. Since we've got something like 1 mile of track running through us it's quite a job. Time to hit the hay...
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    Happy Birthday Gloria. Great looking family you got there Luc. Nothing in the MRRing way done today. I did get the south side of the creek crossing cleared out and about half way up the north side. There is a lot of silt, alot more ten I thought. Right now it's time for bed. Good Night All
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    Coffee Shop Part VI

    KenL: I'm going to need a bunch of MRR real estate. Walthers is bring out the Milw. Rd. Hiawatha and the Milwaukee depot. Home town road and depot how am I going to resist? How am I going to afford it? Good Night All
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    G scale track Gauge & scale

    The track gauge is the same for all the scales. 1/32 and 1/29 are basically standard gauge. The 1/22.5 is 3ft narrow gauge and the LGB is meter gauge. It's like 7 1/2 inch gauge live steam. 1.5 to 1.7 inch scale is standard gauge with 2 1/2 inch scale is 3ft gauge and 3 3/4 to 4 inch is for 2...




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