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Winter fights

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Winter fights
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 1:35 PM
It seems that winter is a bad time for garden railways/tramways.
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Posted by Capt Bob Johnson on Saturday, January 22, 2005 1:39 PM
Not such a bad time for the railway or equipment, just a bad time for aging people who worry about being able to get up again after slipping on the ice and those who aren't fortified with enough of Johnny Walker's antifreeze for humans!
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 1:54 PM
I use vodka!
The railway in winter is a dry walkway for the cat.Winter is for building.
Spring is for planting
Summer is for gardening with beer delivery-by rail!
Autumn is night time photo shots
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Posted by SandyR on Saturday, January 22, 2005 2:11 PM
Winter is seeing a several feet of lake-effect snow, but knowing that somewhere below it is my garden railroad. It's the 'time to build stuff for the railroad' season!
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 2:29 PM
Winter is finding out I better have at least one battery powered locomotive to pu***he plow if I want to plow the line after not cleaning the track for at least a month .
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 2:42 PM
No ,you mis-understand.
Winter is,sod the railway(you don't get any points for enthusiasm)
Enjoy your life and come back to it in the spring
Mind you,I'm working on a battery powered track cleaner.
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Posted by Marty Cozad on Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:14 PM
The wind is whats stopping me today, its Sat afternoon and I'm off and the lower main is clear but winds are 20 to 30 mph Love to get more snow shots , maybe tomorrow

Is it REAL? or Just 1:29 scale?

Long live Outdoor Model Railroading.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:18 PM
ALL OF YOU ABOVE ,how true , i have enough of trouble in the summer when i get down to put my trains on the track, i don't need to fall, thats why i have 100 ft. of track in the basement for the winter[:D] BEN
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 4:29 PM


This is my fire house a few hours ago. At the moment it on the verge of disappearing.

It's been a good day to work on an indoor project because the northeastern USA, including South Jersey, is in the middle of a big blizzard.

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Bill C.
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Posted by Gary Crawley on Saturday, January 22, 2005 5:11 PM
Troy
Don't forget it's summer in Oz so always remember somewhere someone is running trains in their Garden's

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:10 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by troybetts

I use vodka!
The railway in winter is a dry walkway for the cat.Winter is for building.
Spring is for planting
Summer is for gardening with beer delivery-by rail!
Autumn is night time photo shots


Beer Delivery by rail!!! Brilliant! Hey...get it.... "let the good times roll!"

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:11 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by troybetts

No ,you mis-understand.
Winter is,sod the railway(you don't get any points for enthusiasm)
Enjoy your life and come back to it in the spring
Mind you,I'm working on a battery powered track cleaner.



Hey...Sod...Troy you must be then (snicker) the Marquis de Sod!!!

Sorry, I couldn't help it...I'm in a silly alcohol induced mood!!!!

Capt Carrales

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