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Sunday Photo Fun 6-19-05
Posted by spankybird on Sunday, June 19, 2005 6:47 AM

Happy Fathers Day


here is my fathers day present [:D][8D][:p]


Here are some pics of our Texas & Pacific Berkshire [;)]

















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Lets have some fun [:D] [:)] [8D] [:p]
tom

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Posted by pbjwilson on Sunday, June 19, 2005 12:07 PM
Happy Fathers Day to all the dads and granddads and Great granddads!!!!

The Mighty Marx



The Hefty Hafner



The Ferocious Flyer



Go White Sox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, June 19, 2005 12:50 PM
What I got from Cathy [oldest] and Frankie [middle]:
John Deere in 1:50 scale

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Posted by dougdagrump on Sunday, June 19, 2005 1:11 PM
Paul,
That Mitey Marx kinda reminds you of Darth Vader. [:D]
Chief,
Now you have a new project, putting the new Deere equipment on PS-4 flats. [8D]

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Posted by Dr. John on Sunday, June 19, 2005 1:42 PM
A little blast from the past: GM&O Alcos lead a train outside of Prattville in the early 1960s . . .


Love that old GM&O paint scheme!
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Posted by tgovebaker on Sunday, June 19, 2005 7:03 PM
I spent part of Friday getting the new train room together in hopes of having some progress to share.

On Father's Day, however, this is what I got:



19 days ahead of schedule, but absolutely the best Father's Day gift ever.
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Posted by spankybird on Sunday, June 19, 2005 7:07 PM
Tom,

Great Father's Day gift!!!!! I couldn't tell, boy or girl [?]

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Posted by dougdagrump on Sunday, June 19, 2005 7:37 PM
Congrats Tom !
The best Father's Day present one could ever receive.
I'm looking forward to our first grandchild in sept. Started a maple cradle for one of her showers, she knows about this, but I'm also going to try to get a maple & walnut rockin' horse completed as a surprise. [^]

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, June 19, 2005 7:46 PM
Tom, GREAT. A little engineer to help you. God bless. [:)]

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Posted by andregg1 on Sunday, June 19, 2005 7:59 PM
First of all happy father day to everybody and congratulation Tom!!!!
nice pictures guys!


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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Sunday, June 19, 2005 8:42 PM
Tom, Congratulations from all of us
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Posted by csxt30 on Sunday, June 19, 2005 8:51 PM
Congratulations Tom on a great Fathers Day gift!! Nice pictures everyone & glad you're back Buckeye !! Thanks, John
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Posted by webenda on Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:12 PM
Happy Father's Day everyone. Congratulations Tom. Better gift than a train. Nice pictures everyone. My scorpion horror railroad story did not go over well last week. How about a little light humor for father's day?

 ..........Wayne..........

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:35 PM
Pretty good. Now that is high rail. [;)]

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Posted by dougdagrump on Sunday, June 19, 2005 10:40 PM
Wayne, I thought the scorpion railway was cute. We have those critters here, now I know how to make use of them.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, June 20, 2005 6:24 AM
Pretty good

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Posted by 1688torpedo on Monday, June 20, 2005 8:44 AM
Nice Photo's everyone! Wayne,looks like you have a new track system for American Flyer 2 rail S Gauge[:)][:P] Now the only problem is to get it to work.[;)]
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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, June 20, 2005 9:49 AM
High rail indeed, Wayne. Mighty nice. Congratulations Tom!
Dr. John, those look like your new Williams FAs...
Paul, those trains look just fantastic. In great shape too.

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Posted by daan on Monday, June 20, 2005 9:57 AM
Congratulations Tom!!
Since it's extremely hot for june in holland, I've let the plastered layout rest until I can get into the trainrome without getting fried..
Pictures must wait a little, sorry!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 20, 2005 12:02 PM
I know it's Monday, but I was working on the layout until after midnight last night......I just had to get more wood assembled.

So here is my new layout under construction.....

1. The plans..

2. The wood..

3. The benchwork...
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, June 20, 2005 12:14 PM
WOW., Lizzard. You msut have spent a ton on lumber. I was going to use 1X4's but Lowes and Home Depot had their 1X4's priced twice as high as 2X4's. So, I'm using 2X4's. Was going to use 2X2's for legs but they were higher than 2X4's. Can not understand the lumber pricing. Looks good.

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Posted by Jumijo on Monday, June 20, 2005 12:15 PM
Great progress on your layout, PL. I hope to start work on my benchwork in a few weeks. L-girder or open grid? Is one better than the other or is it just a matter of preference?

Jim

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 20, 2005 12:17 PM
I found that the grade A+ 1x3 were twice as high as the furring strip 1x 3 that had about the same quality.
In the end I spent about $120 on lumber, screws and glue.

Oh and $2.00 on bandaids, $6.55 on a 6 pack of Newcastle lager, and $10 on gas for my buddies truck.

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