How about some photos and videos of your Christmas Tree Layouts!

Joe Hohmann posted:

TedW posted:

2018 will be in place in a week or so, not many changes from ‘17.  Couple of phtos and a snippet of video.

Nice use of available space.

Thanks

We decided to give it a shot, so we carried in the platform this afternoon. Probably take the better part of the week to get it done. I’m going to leave out the Santa pylon, and probably the animated billboard. The less moving parts, the better our chances. She looks sweet here, but trust me, she is just resting up for the next rampage.

Here is my layout from last year....unfortunatly this year (first time in about 25 yrs) i wont have a train around my families tree. Im currently deployed overseas during the holidays and wont have one this year. Next year i will make up for it HAHA. im getting some inspiration from everybody else's posts. My dad got me started in the hobby when we did out first layout when i was 5 and now at the age of 30 this was my best layout yet!

Attached as promised this year’s scaled down Christmas layout.

MTHPRRGURU posted:

Here is my layout from last year....unfortunately this year (first time in about 25 yrs) i wont have a train around my families tree. Im currently deployed overseas during the holidays and wont have one this year. Next year i will make up for it HAHA. im getting some inspiration from everybody else's posts. My dad got me started in the hobby when we did out first layout when i was 5 and now at the age of 30 this was my best layout yet!

 

 

Beautiful layout, I can see a lot of work went into it. 

Take care and Godspeed.

Ray

https://youtu.be/j_zN0cwljw4

I built this modular Christmas layout in 2009.  Haven’t really changed 

2018 Santa car parade and Lionel tinplate. Merry Christmas!

Done!

First a still shot of the "Harmonyards Skyway" (so named because it would not have been built without the trestles he (Pat) supplied, including the only green one which was an emergency resupply when the skyway turned out to be one trestle shy).

And raw, unedited video of PW repaints making a test run for clearances, continuity, and ozone generating aroma.  The RGB LED strings (3) can do a lot more patterns, and so can the faux tree, but you get the general idea.

[My Bad:  Can't upload video at the moment; I'll figure it out and update later.]

My first real attempt at a Christmas layout- three Standard Gauge loops and 1 FasTrack O.

The picture below is a long exposure with all the trains running...

Below: look closely on the left and you'll see the Blue Comet in motion.

 I'll post some better pics in the coming days.

Merry Christmas.  

This years Christmas train garden is running a Polar Express Lionchief along with an MTH Christmas Imperial PS3.  It's an 18V Christmas Miracle!

Here are some photos of me Christmas Layouts over the last 10 years.

Happy Holidays everyone!

RayKay posted:

MTHPRRGURU posted:

Here is my layout from last year....unfortunately this year (first time in about 25 yrs) i wont have a train around my families tree. Im currently deployed overseas during the holidays and wont have one this year. Next year i will make up for it HAHA. im getting some inspiration from everybody else's posts. My dad got me started in the hobby when we did out first layout when i was 5 and now at the age of 30 this was my best layout yet!

 

 

Beautiful layout, I can see a lot of work went into it. 

Take care and Godspeed.

 

Ray

Thank you sir, yes it doe take quite a bit of work, but it is totally worth it!!! it takes me about 3-4 weeks, I mainly get the track plan down and operational, then remove it, place the tree (real living tree...no fake tree for me haha) then get the tree decorated, and the layout gets really started and changed about three times till im happy with it. every year i go bigger, different and more in depth. Next years layout is already planned and will be "hopefully" (barring a divorce threat from the wife) the biggest layout yet....somewhere in the neighboorhood of 8'-10'X20'....time will tell!

Art posted:

Daytime

Restored 380 and original 200 series freight cars.

I posted these back in September under the title of "I Forgot I had These": a couple of snaps a friend took back in 1988 of the AF layout at the State Capital in Salem. Hope a repeat is OK... 

Mark in Oregon

The Clubs Christmas Layout 

From the 1920s:

Art posted:

Art posted:

Daytime

Video

here's my "train" for our small Christmas village...

(the "train" mostly cardboard...see pictures and this link)...

https://www.cardboardchristmas....php?f=14&t=1628

Howard...

A picture I made for the Train Collectors Society calendar:

Regards

Fred

Hi Gang, this is our latest Christmas layout.  Hope you enjoy it!

EddieZ

Austin, TX

2018 Christmas, Lego, Lionel & Hallmark

...I found a few more shots of the 1988 Salem layout; not great, but what the heck... 

Mark in Oregon

1688E around the tree

There is something about tinplate that screams Christmas to me.

Well, in between multiple TDY's, I finally had to knuckle down and get my stuff squared away or the  grand-kids were going to have a fit.  LOL  Still an ongoing project, but have gained a few things since last year.  All my kids went in and bought the Lionel flying Santa which I absolutely love.  I even have the mother-in-law in on it and the wife now.  Not sure the mother-in-law understands the scale concept yet.  LOL 

Christmas toy trains running again in 2018,it puts me in the holiday spirit.

Bearville is up and The Bearville & Polar Railroad is running the Polar Express

Finally got off my duff and set up the 2018 version of the Xmas layout.   Lots of changes, at least 15 more trees, and a little more snow. passenger cars to Milwaukee Road Heavyweights...        Here's a few detail shots.

My Lionel baseball themed trains and Christmas tree.  I also tinkered with the Hallmark Lionel ornaments. I like them better on the wreath instead of a tree.

Here’s our 2018 Christmas layout.

fastrack 036 on upper level and 048 on lower level returns. All powered by the ZW-L

Mine is nothing more than a simple oval on the floor, under the tree.  I'll have to sit down and design something better and lay the track out and attach it permanently to a board.

cliff24g posted:

My Lionel baseball themed trains and Christmas tree.  I also tinkered with the Hallmark Lionel ornaments. I like them better on the wreath instead of a tree.

The wreath looks great, Cliff!!

My Train Tree, as my wife calls it.  Her idea to put one up.

george posted:

Mine is nothing more than a simple oval on the floor, under the tree.  I'll have to sit down and design something better and lay the track out and attach it permanently to a board.

 

I think it looks great: especially like the stand the tree sits on...is it a sled? 

Mark in Oregon

Mark in Oregon, I hadn't noticed the sled under George's tree.  It is excellent George!! 

Mark in Pennsylvania

I've had the tree up since Saturday after Thanksgiving and the train up the next week. I was waiting the delivery of another Menard's building (hobby shop), before posting pics. The track is a simple O42 oval. The coil car and boxcar are appropriate "Unstoppable" freight for #1206.

Note: I damaged horn for #1206 in my lame attempt at installing it, so loco sans horn.

And now my first attempt at attaching a video (no sound, I believe)

Alot of these are really nice but I do have a question. 

When it comes to putting presents under the tree, do the trains have to come down or how do you work it?

Ottawa_Marc posted:

Alot of these are really nice but I do have a question. 

When it comes to putting presents under the tree, do the trains have to come down or how do you work it?

In my situation, My trains have to be running before the kids come down on Christmas Morning, and the presents are stacked around the Display. My wife didnt like it the first two years but she knows how much the kids love the train display and she accepted the presents not being directly under the tree.