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Congrats Reinhard! :band2"
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Congrats Reinhard! Enjoy!
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Thank you all. I still feel like a little boy at xmas
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Best wishes in your retirement Reinhard.
Dont we all wish we could bottle "That little boy at Xmas" feeling.
I should warn you that many retired people I know, often wonder how they ever had the time for work.
I am concerned that the frequency of change on your Freelance 2015-1 layout may accelerate exponentially now that you are a retired hobbyist. :race:
We will no doubt have to pay close attention to your thread to keep up.
Mark
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I should warn you that many retired people I know, often wonder how they ever had the time for work.
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When I was medically retired back in '05 my work days were at a end--recess had arrived and that means play time.I'm enjoying my "work free" life to the max.
Never could understand those old folks that refuse to take time to enjoy their final years by enjoying their hobby/hobbies.
Larry
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Thanks a lot for the nice wishes. They are very welcome.
Work continues at a speed adjusted to my new profession :o Spend some time with the rattle cans on the balcony yesterday. The left building has the same color as the others but light changes colors on photos.
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Reinhard,
That´s looking very good....Great work....Those Pikestuff parts are nice to work with....What´s the police looking for?
Keep it going,
Cheers,Chris
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Twist Wrote:Reinhard,
That´s looking very good....Great work....Those Pikestuff parts are nice to work with....What´s the police looking for?
Keep it going,
Cheers,Chris
Maybe they're waiting for the doughnut truck (I'm partial to Boston Creams myself).
Mike Kieran
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Reinhard,
A belated congratulations on your retirement.
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Looking forward to see what develops on the latest version of the layout.
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very nice and very fast, but that's not surprising with all that spare time :-)
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The new version of the layout is quite different from all the previous.
It is intended to be a stage for my rolling stock and street cars. It refrains from presenting a dedicated theme or area to permit free usage of most of my contemporary stuff on the tracks and streets. The buildings stand back to permit free view and easy access for switching.
The price to pay is a layout with a tendency to look boring and having no own character.
The previous layout with all the beautiful Downtown Deco buildings was big fun to build and it looked very charming to my when I came into the room. But it became more and more a nightmare to operate. I underestimated the effort to switch in a brick canyon with blocked view and physical access.
Summary: Simple layout made for lots of fun to operate it
ps. The East end industry is waiting to be rebuilt. May be something inspired by Nestle Purina in Jefferson Wi to get a home for my reefers. UP's operation on that former CNW main line is quite interesting for small layouts. The trains are short and the branch line became a stub line. The south connection is gone. A good reason to run GP15-1 and GP38-2 with long hood a head. The last run around is in Jefferson. Trainmasterkrebs has a bunch of clips in YouTube ( <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Trainmasterkreks">https://www.youtube.com/user/Trainmasterkreks</a><!-- m --> ).
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Hi Reinhard,
That´s looking fantastic.Great work.....Maybe I´ll use your scene as an inspiration on one part of my layout where I´m not sure what do do with it....
Cheers,Chris