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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    Morning All! 63 in the Brew City this morning, going to 69 today. Rain later. Medical stuff today, then lunch out if things fall into place properly. I had the commute cars out for a test run last night. They did well, but their draft gear needs work. Enjoy your day! Commute Car Test
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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    Happy Anniversary Tom!
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    NCE SW9-SR decoder

    Here is an article on installing one. It looks like what you have. Hope it helps! Decoder install for SW-9
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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    Morning All! 64 in the Brew City this morning, going to 71. Cloudy today. Train club meeting tonight, first one as treasurer with my sh!t together. 😁 I'm taking some passenger cars down to test (and yeah maybe to show off a little 🤷‍♀️) Quite a few hours went into getting them ready, and I'm...
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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    Too true Louis! Plus the people I managed were all independent sales agents, not direct employees. It was a lot like herding cats, but it was a great company to work for.
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    Ballasting you layout...thoughts?

    If you want realism, you need two things. Painted track and ballast. Like it or not, there it is! In talking with guys at Model Railroader, those were the two top reasons a layout would be disqualified from a magazine appearance. You may not care about getting published, but the track work...
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    NCE SW9-SR decoder

    I'm pretty sure the information you want is on the board if you turn it over. I've installed a couple of these way back when, and the output labels were there.
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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    That was my philosophy too. Hire competent people, let them do their jobs. Stay out of the way while they do. I was pretty high in the food chain though. The buck stopped with me most of the time. Things were structured so that didn’t happen much, but at that level, you’re pretty much always on...
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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    Yeah the Navy's kind of different that way, and you're under contract. I was a sales and marketing executive, and I actually did take calls on vacation, or whenever necessary, but for two reasons: my compensation justified it, and it was generally easier to deal with problems on the spot than...
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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    Morning All! 56 in the Brew City this AM, with a high of 73. Rain tonight. Got all my club treasurer stuff done yesterday. I spent an hour and a half with the banker getting things set up and transferred over to me. Relatively painless other than the time and how I have a ton of other work...
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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    Damn straight. Either that or "On Call" rates apply to time spent on the phone. 1 hour minimum. Plus a raise if you're that vital to normal business function.
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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    Well good morning coffee shoppers! A pleasant 72 in the Brew City this morning, going to a balmy 76 today. Rain today, so I'm glad I mowed yesterday. you can tell fall is here. It's in the air, and the leaves are now turning. I have to some club treasurer work today for the meeting...
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    Espeefan's Passenger Car Modeling

    In trying to paint the kitchen windows on my diners,, I had an interesting experience. The window design prevents you from getting a good coat of paint everywhere due to the beveled edges. Walthers windows are solid. These are not. In the photo it looks like you are looking at the outside...
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    Daylight Diner window replacement.jpeg

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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    Nice Work!
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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    Morning All! Woke up to a brisk 45 in the Brew City this morning! Going to a pleasant 71 today. I had to get the senior cat to the groomer today for his lion cut. She takes him in first thing to keep him away from the dogs. He is now shorn and a little PO'd, but some cat treats and a few...
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    Espeefan's Passenger Car Modeling

    The Atlantic? Yeah as a matter of fact. I have two of them, one in Daylight, and one plain black one. Atlantics were mostly gone by the time I model, so they don't see much run time. I'll pull out one and pull a couple of these coaches with it, and post a video in a week or two. They can get...
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    Running Bear's September 2026 Coffee Shop

    Morning All! a brisk 54 in the Brew City this morning, going to just 65. The first break in the temperature is here this week. As Tom said, nothing much above the low to mid 70's this week. The trees here are already just starting to turn. You can see they are ready. Hopefully, we'll get...
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    Espeefan's Passenger Car Modeling

    Nope! Nor Loco Black, Graphite, or SP Coach Olive, or Lark Light and Lark Dark Gray! UP Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray are also in the running now with the City trains, the Overland, and such. I've worn out a couple of airbrushes too!




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