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Elliot´s Trackside Diner February 2011
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<p>Good Morning Everyone!</p> <p>Ha, I beat Bill this time!</p> <p>Zoe, just a cup of coffee for me this time, please.</p> <p>I might run to our home depot to get some plywood, so I can start building the "benchwork" for some corner modules. It´ll run up to about $ 20 this time - I have to check with Petra whether we can squeeze this out of the month´s budget. </p> <p>Jeff - I know exactly how you feel. Not being able to afford even the smallest purchase to continue on your layout takes away all the fun of it. I have been through that a number of times in the past 24 months, with many a dream bubble bursting, when it came down to calculating the cost for even a small start. Even though I have started "something" now (certainly not my dream layout), I know it´ll be a long way until I can see the first train circling the loop of track, which my layout eventually will be. I still need about $ 120 to be able to run a loco on a stretch of track, most of it to be spent on a DC power pack. I thought I could avoid buying that, but the coreless motor in my steamer will be ruined by the PWM DC controller I still have.But I have decided to continue, step by step. Progress will be slow. Did I say slow? I mean <span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span><span style="font-size: large;">l</span><span style="font-size: medium;">o</span><span style="font-size: small;">o</span>o<span style="font-size: xx-small;">w</span>! I am confident that it will work out - somehow. I need this to keep my sanity, to have something to cling on in the bad times we are in.</p> <p>Jeff, please hang in there! I wish I could help you. It makes me sad not being able to help a friend.</p> <p>Barry - interesting collection of whatchumaycallits. Sometimes I wonder about what is able to run on rails.</p> <p>CUL Folks!</p>
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