CHRISTMAS TRAINS - LETS SEE THEM!

@Oscale_Trains_Lover_ posted:

Well folks, it is that time of year again! I thought it would be fun to create a thread where we can share our pictures and videos of our Christmas trains, layouts, seasonal scenes, etc. All scales and eras are welcome to share!
For those who do not celebrate Christmas, I would love to see your Kwanza, hanukah, Boxing Day, etc trains.

Here is my modern Christmas freight train. The two powered diesels are MTH and the rolling stock is predominately MTH with some Lionel and K-line mixed in. I will post more pictures and videos in the near future.



Ho Ho Ho!

Bryce

Bryce, your photo/video is missing from your above post.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Bryce, your photo/video is missing from your above post.

Thanks Arnold, should be there now.

Bryce

@Oscale_Trains_Lover_ posted:

Well folks, it is that time of year again! I thought it would be fun to create a thread where we can share our pictures and videos of our Christmas trains, layouts, seasonal scenes, etc. All scales and eras are welcome to share!
For those who do not celebrate Christmas, I would love to see your Kwanza, hanukah, Boxing Day, etc trains.

Here is my modern Christmas freight train. The two powered diesels are MTH and the rolling stock is predominately MTH with some Lionel and K-line mixed in. I will post more pictures and videos in the near future.



Ho Ho Ho!

Bryce

Gorgeous, Bruce, and I see you're hauling plenty of coal for those Christmas stockings! LOL, Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Gorgeous, Bruce, and I see you're hauling plenty of coal for those Christmas stockings! LOL, Arnold

Here is some of my Christmas Trains on my powered wall display..

@trainnerd posted:

Here is some of my Christmas Trains on my powered wall display..

Mucho gorgeous.

@trainnerd posted:

Here is some of my Christmas Trains on my powered wall display..

Patrick, that is fantastic!

@Oscale_Trains_Lover_ posted:

Patrick, that is fantastic!

Thank You

Here is a Lionel postwar 671 turbine pulling a string of Christmas-themed freight cars, with a couple of recently purchased auto carriers thrown in for good measure

Running some Marx for the Holidays! Where I got started. 

From my club running it to test it for our Christmas show this weekend

Here is a christmas train running at the clarksburg area model railroad club tonight 11/28/22

Great looking Christmas trains & layouts everyone!

Thanks for the likes on my video guys!!!

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Mucho gorgeous.

That is a great display.  Never thought about powering display tracks.

I've shared these photos before but they are still my favorites. I keep the same setup for each Christmas.

John

This is my Christmas train on my O & S ga. layout.  Each scene is 3' X 6' on each end of the layout with 6' bridges connecting them. The engine is my Lionel cab number 2026.

@trainnerd posted:

Very nice.  I do like the MTH cars like this but those LED strings are fragile.  Really like the way you displayed them.

Humble beginnings ... this is how we got interested in O scale trains. Eventually went from a dining room table oval to a 20x15x12 foot all Christmas year-round layout with pretty much everything MTH ever made in traditional sized Christmas/North Pole theme. It was a fantasy land that entertained elderly parents and younger grandchildren until 2019. The grandkids got older and the parents gone on, so sold off almost all of it save a string of Nativity flat cars that have gone back on a dining room oval layout. Enjoyed it all.

Part II of the story is that our interest in O scale grew and for everything Christmas we sold, something D&H, Central Vermont, Rutland, Bangor & Aroostock, Boston & Maine et al took its place. Getting ready to put up a layout to replace what we took down in 2019. Great fun, this hobby.

After taking a break for a few years, I put together my Christmas layout last week. This layout is virtually the same as past versions, but instead of the original Polar Express train, the FT Diesel I bought from @Mooner (funny he's the previous poster in this thread) makes its first appearance. The MTH vista dome car behind it is also new. To the left of the main track, and mostly out of frame, sits a Lionel Santa's Speeder, and the PE bumper trolley (also purchased from Mooner). This train is controlled with the MTH Z-1000, where the controller sits on a pedestal I made using a home theater speaker stand with a square piece of wood bolted to it.

I have some minor adjustments and additions I want to make, then I plan to make a short video as well. Just wish I could expand this layout a few more feet, but already pushing it in the small space I have to work with as it is.