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Lighting up Deepstep '25

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  1. T.Jeff Veal

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    Didn't want to :Yar:
    Sandhillbilly thread

    We had our little Christmas festival
    Sunday night, Dec 7th. Got a few pictures and a video of the lights I'll put up later.

    Lighting the Christmas tree at the community center 20251207_175126.jpg
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    At the Deepstep town hall... 20251207_192754.jpg 20251207_192800.jpg
    The youngsters got in on singing too... 20251207_193214.jpg
    Inside they had cider, cookies and coffee. Also had some parts of the town history on display...
    Old telephone switchboard 20251207_184257.jpg
    Barber chair 20251207_184302.jpg
    Cash register from one of the country stores... 20251207_184314.jpg
    Some residents reading history and enjoying the train... 20251207_184332.jpg
    A friend of mine brought the train he built over for the kids to ride. It's built on a JD lawn tractor... 20251207_180814.jpg
    The kids had fun... Messenger_creation_F7F795A2-D0BE-4AEE-9A35-5EA3DCE9F834.jpeg
    Yours truly was the conductor/engineer... Messenger_creation_816076FD-D56F-4DFC-9508-359F77872C26.jpeg
    The rear car has a motor on it, so it slowly spins as we ride. I have a switch in the cab to turn it off... Messenger_creation_E4A8B872-64FA-4C20-A885-694888B969C7.jpeg Messenger_creation_E62ED0FB-C85A-44BA-AF13-13C9C9EEA280.jpeg
    It wasn't good weather...low 40's and misting rain...but fun was still had..
     
  2. MikeInMa

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    Nice!

    Campfires next year?
     
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    I like it, looks maybe less commercially oriented than what we have
     
  4. T.Jeff Veal

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    We had a neighbor that had 2-3 firepits going, with his daughter doing face paints. I didn't get to walk around and take pictures too much.
     
  5. T.Jeff Veal

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    Yes sir, just neighbors celebrating.
     
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    As I sit here at 20 below outside, your pics are warming my heart, as my stove warms the rest of me.. I went out side and had less on then the conductor of that train
     
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    The wear tells me about this desk. Left hand worked the switches. Very cool piece there.
     
  8. Backwoods Savage

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    Jeff that looks like a great time with friends. What really caught my eye is the old switchboard, chair, table and cash register. Then there is that picture by the switchboard. I would not enjoy climbing thos stairs.
     
  9. Burnin Since 1991

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    And that barber chair looks real comfy. I bet the barber didn't have any trouble getting the customers out of the chair :jaw::yes:
     
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    Thanks for sharing… some good pictures.. :handshake:
     
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    Where's the SNOW?? That train is awesome! Looks like a great time.
     
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