My son and couldn't leave well enough alone. Since the last pic I posted...
I dug out an old Lionel station I got somewhere in a bag. It was really poorly assembled was missing all the doors and a small wall. We popped off the inset panels and painted them red (formerly yellow), the roof grey (to hide the glue stains) and replaced missing the doors and wall with balsa.
On Christmas morning the kids came down to find that the Hogwarts Express (HO) appeared like magic! My buddy had given me the Hogwarts coaches and I painted up a Triang Princess class to be the loco.
Runs like a champ!
Then a couple days later we also rearranged the town.
Got sucked in by half-off Christmas stuff at Menards so a vinyl brick mat (with an envelope laid in the middle) and a bag of Lemax trees were acquired to give a nice town square with lots of room for displaying buildings and toy cars.
Also added some construction equipment, phone booths, a bag of Lemax trees and I tied some equipment (trailer and loader) onto Menards flats to improve a work train.
Need to enlarge the white cloth now but that probably won't happen til next year.
I have absolutely loved looking at the holiday trains you folks have posted. Hope you all had fantastic Christmases!