The end of the line

Saying for the Day: You don't appreciate the layout till you take it down.





These are pictures of the 027 train layout we had in the living roon. I say had because yesterday as we get ready to move we took it down.

It was there for over a year.

Both trains were started and stopped from my chair . The lights in the village were turned on from there as well.

The Village had a hill where sled riders rode.

It had moving skaters.

It had a ball room with moving
dancers.

We hope to build a bigger layout in Neenah but it will be in the basement.

Betty made the mountains and laid out the village. I did all the wiring.

I also built the table which was built in four parts.
to make it easy to take down.

Now Betty has to crawl under the table and take out the bolts that hold the four little tables together.

We thought we might give you a look before it passes into history and is gone forever except in the pictures.




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News from Pigeon Falls– The little town in my garage where the trains still run and dragons fly free– Eino and Nancy went to the last council meeting before the election and begged the members to consider coming back to the office. But the council members were adamant that they were not ever going to be council members again. They reminded Eino and Nancy of all the trouble the Council had been through in the past year. Then it was the council’s turn and they begged Eino and Nancy to allow their names to be written in. But neither Eino or Nancy was willing. Eino said he had served for six years as Mayor and six years before that as a Council member. Nancy said she just doesn’t have the ability to do the job.
So it looks very much like after Tuesday Pigeon Falls will not have either a Mayor or a town Council.
Eino is till waiting to hear from the FBI about the missing Hermit. He threw the problem into their lap early in the week.
Billie Bullfish wants to start a new political movement. She calls it the New Broom movement . Her idea is that we should throw out all the incumbents because they have failed to serve us. The Republicans because they didn’t get anything done and the Democrats because they offered no real alternatives but just spent their time sniping. She says that if we vote them all out they might get the message that we expect responsible action on their part. Her husband says it will never happen because this is the year of the big Democratic sweep and they can smell blood. But after they get elected nothing will really change. They will work for the same big money people that owned the Republicans. The little guy doesn’t stand a chance.
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It has been a very good day. My son Peter and family and my daughter Pennie came home to be part of the coffee tomorrow. They grew up here and my leaving ends their relationship to the town . I preached tonight. They were very kind and said it was a good sermon but it wasn't up to my old standards. But it felt good to be preaching. Well I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA