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#1 ·
Having arrived safely home from Marty's, I had a great time, I arrived inspired. So I started working on my Layout



I have a bridge that had a little kink in the rails approaching it. It was a problem for my USAT articulated container cars and also my Aristo Streamliner cars.

So I moved the bridge so it is more inline with the tracks approaching it. I there for had to re do some road bed. Since I have concrete road bed we all know what a chore it is to change anything.

Well not this time


Here is was I did.


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Took me about 2 hours to dig the trench. I set the forms, Today I poured the concrete.


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I decided to add to my layout. This area will be a industrial park. It will be where I am going to put one of the car barns I made.

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The are building swimming pools in the development south of me. They are desperate to have some place to put the dirt. So The guy is giving the dirt away if you will let him dump it on your property.

There are 15 loads at 12 tons each.


I climbed to the top of this pile to take the next two pictures

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#251 ·
I was sitting in my pondering chair contemplating the berm I added for the carbarns. I was thinking it would wash away in a good storm. I wanted to put a rock wall in.

Even with all the rocks I got there are not enough.

This morning I heard a tractor running . I went out and my new neighbor is clearing off the south end of his lot which meets the North end of mine.

The were running around with a gannonbox digging up rocks. They were going to dig a hole and bury them

I fired up my back hoe and look at what I collected.

piles and piles of rocks.

I am so pleased. Just after pondering I held Vespers. Any Connection you think?


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#244 ·
I put the base down for building # 2 and poured fill dirt over it. I then took the garden hose and turned the fill dirt to mud. Much like cement. I want it to soak in and settle. I will add some more dirt tomorrow morning and soak it. Then I will go get some concrete and pour the floor tomorrow

JJ
 
#242 ·
Today I laid the base in positions....It did not sit well. I had thought it may not be right. So I picked it up and leaned it against the first buiding.

I fired up the back hoe and added more dirt to fill in low spots. I then scraped off the tops till it looked good.

I put the lawn sprinkler on and Poof No Water. Spend the rest of the day changing out the pressure switch on the pump that puts pressure to the house. Good think I was not in the shower washing my hair.


JJ
 
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