BobbyD posted:We always look forward to your efforts Jake, keep us posted. Gave away all our Xmas Village buildings some years back. Are you running more O27 size equipment rather than full scale? Let us know if you have any specific needs.
Thanks! Yes, on typical evenings we run O-27 stuff. On the evenings we're present to operate trains we sometimes like to run our nicer scale models, but we never leave those unattended.
We received a Williams SD45 last year from a local hobby shop owner, which is one of the best running engines we've had on the display. It would be nice to have another similar locomotive (Williams diesel) so they can be rotated in and out of service to avoid too much wear and tear. The locomotives we received from the Detroit Historical Society a couple years ago are great, but they're all MPC era and have AC pullmor style motors which don't really fit our operating conditions unless they can be supervised.
Aside from that, illuminated accessories, freight cars, etc. are always nice to use and add a lot of action for people to see. People always love finding little details as well, so any fun figures, cars, or other such items are always nice to hide around the layout for visitors to look for.
