Lets see those holiday layouts, PE or otherwise!

Wow, impressive. Great work.

Thanks for the kind comments. This was last year's layout, this year's layout is not yet started. Note how my wife supports the Christmas layout by having it right in the center of the family room. The Gilbert trains and accessories on the layout are all my original childhood presents. 

AmFlyer posted:

Thanks for the kind comments. This was last year's layout, this year's layout is not yet started. Note how my wife supports the Christmas layout by having it right in the center of the family room. The Gilbert trains and accessories on the layout are all my original childhood presents. 

Very nice - I really like the height on that...Im trying to keep mine above adult knee level.

• The top of the plywood is 23", add 1/2" for the styrofoam that makes the snow effect. Since the layout is essentially a 5'x8' table in the center of the room it was essential people could see over it when seated. 

Nice!!!  I have to agree the tire tracks in the snow is a nice touch.

Done a while back not Christmas but S Gauge PE on an excursion run. 

Despite the little issues, Lionel hit the S gauge PE out of the park.  Other than the high doller Legacy berk with high doller add on tender and expensive coaches, the S gauge one follows the movie the closest and looks the best scale wise.  Now only if big L would give the S gauge PE line up the attention and accessories the O gauge line gets.   Great layouts.  If I can get some of my 2 rail O stuff sold, I will have a PE set before Christmas.   Mike

Mike not little issues.. with in two months Lights stopped working on the passenger cars and the sound went out recently.  

The issues seem to be hit or miss, most of the issues I could remedy myself and it wont be my only train, so if it needs to got back for repair, so be it.  Still a beautiful model. Had Lionel done the PE O gauge Berkshire like the postwar 736, it would have looked better.  Seems most of the issues are more to broken off wires that need to be slightly lengthened and resoldered.  I do agree that it is a shame that the set has had this many issues.   Espically has nicely done as it looks.  I am still getting one and building a PE layout.   Mike and Michele T

banjoflyer posted:

suzukovich posted:

 

Done a while back not Christmas but S Gauge PE on an excursion run. 

 

 

 

Nice video! How did you add the "snow" to the Fastrack?

(I'm guessing a can of spray snow followed by wiping it off the rails?.......)

 

Mark

Correct. I used Santa Snow.

Merry Christmas! 4th generation Flyer fan ��

American Flyer Trains running around the Christmas Tree.  Merry Christmas!

John.

JWKAFL posted:

American Flyer Trains running around the Christmas Tree.  Merry Christmas!

John.

no photos

Ok most likely over kill but will post this here too. S Gauge PE Most of the issues resolve, but still no sound.   This one Christmas related Drone Cam Rail fanning in Winterton The Polar Express.

Sorry I don't know what happened to the pictures.  I attached them and posted the reply.  I went to the site afterwards and the pictures were there and now they are gone.  My first time trying to post pictures.  I probably did something wrong.

John.

1953 American Flyer train set