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MilwRoader_Steve said:
Anybody know about a company called GCLaser? Are they still doing business? Are their products good quality?

Thanks!

PS: I am looking for a small footprint, grain elevator Mid 20th C. I'm also looking for a trackside petroleum dealer, again small footprint and same era. Oh, and HO scale. Thanks!!

Steve J
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I compressed this down to the horizontal tanks and truck loading. You could also use Earls Oil from Bar Mills and add a tank or two.
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Interstate Fuel & Oil -- Kit

The prototypes for bulk oil distributors like the Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Interstate Fuel and Oil have long been important for every railroad. At home in cities and towns, dealerships like this distribute fuel oil, gasoline and other products locally. This structure kit includes horizontal...
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TLOC said:
I need a push in the right direction!

The entrance to my train room needs something. Open the door to a poured concrete foundation wall that I should have dry walled years ago. I dry walled most of the train room but the north wall that this section is part of.

Using my Wisconsin Interstate logo which of the following 2 do you like?

48” x 48”

The plywood is cut!

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Or picture #2
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Thank you
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#2 - number 1 looks to worn out for only 11 years.
 


NorthBrit said:
Good morning all.
After a few excellent days in Boston we shall visit Lexington and Concord, Mass..

I hope all is well with Louis.
Thoughts & Prayers to All who Require
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Lexington and Concord are interesting and fun. Especially Concord.

When we first moved to Massachusetts our house wasn’t quite ready and so we stayed a week at the Howard Johnsons (RIP) in Concord but the Concird rotary on art 2. I decided I wanted to see the bridge so I found a map and planned a route. I took off and walked there and saw everything. That’s when I realized I had turned a 1-2 mile trip into a 5 mile walk to get there. The trip back to the motel was a lot shorter. I was 10.

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Snowman said:
As it happens I'm looking at buying up in the Northeastern Uintas and if it's only down ~25%, that's not bad. It's been dry here in the west this year, and probably even worse on the Colorado Front Range where I am.

That said, the warmer-than-normal weather here has been of great help this last year. I didn't have to deal with more than one or two deep freezes and potential broken pipes...and I'm grateful for it. It might have broken my spirit in those dark days and nights (not kidding).
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I like the warmer weather in the valley. Just want it to be colder and snow a lot up in the mountains. I'll take rain here...
 
Afternoon all,

Hit 85° yesterday and near record 90° on tap for today. I did the initial spring clean and mow and now I'm beat. Earliest I've ever did it. I even emptied the gas from the snow machine and put it away 2 weeks early. Long term says we're done with the snow.

Tons of bees and peach flowers on the house side of the peach tree. I suspect they're sterile after the cold snap, but stranger things have happened.

BBL
 


Sitting outside now, listening to a livestream by Adam Savage of Mythbusters.

Did put some ink on the dragons to see if I like the colors. Here they are still wet:

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there is a lot of armor and spikey bits on the dragons.

Question for some of you mechanical types.

three years ago when we had our big power outage, I filled a 5 gallon gas receptacle for the generator that I haven't bothered to fill or fire up yet. So, I've got 5 gallons of gas that got shoved to the back and forgotten about.

Stabil was administered on day 1. A year later, I added a can of Seafoam. After that, it got shoved to the back and forgotten. I've recovered the can. I've picked up Pri-G, and administered that a week or so ago. BUT, I'm very hesitant to use that gas for anything other than burning in a camp stove.

Do I burn it all off, or use it in the generator? I won't be using it in the car. But can I get it back good enough to mix with fresh gas and use it in small engines?
 
Good Afternoon, and Happy Friday. Mild today at the Jersey Shore. Sunny and 61°, with rain expected tonight. The local Disney TV outlet CH#7 WABC, claimed we have a snowfall deficit for the winter. Wonder where they determined that? The Magic Kingdom?
We had significantly more than the last four years, including a 25" "Blizzard" a month ago. What do I know? Supposed to Rain Tonight.

Spring officially springs 10:46 Tonight! I'm ready.

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That's the Main Line Manifest behind the F7s, The Industrial Local in the middle and the Commuter train on the left, two P70r coaches behind the K4s. Blue push pin represents Blue Signal Protection. Action at Stoney Creek.
 


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