After many years away from the hobby ( I was active here in the early 2000s and was one of the original "hobos") I have been getting the trains out for Christmas the last few years and finally started a long envisioned Christmas layout featuring my Dad's trains from the 1920s and 1930s. Rediscovering the simple pleasures of train repair and restorations.
This layout will be all tinplate (restoring my Dad's 012 switches was quite challenging but I decided against the more reliable postwar 022s. All original and Lionel except for the one MTH villa and some very old telegraph poles ( Voltamp?).
I am in the moving things around phase- you can see the pink foam, but will be adding bridges and a pond next, and acquiring a few more pieces.
Eventually a lot of snow, a Christmas tree, and lots of lights. Feeling like a kid again!
