Just got the "tree layout" set up- tree and decorations aren't yet done but will post a pic when they are.
Anyone else out there have a "tree layout' pic or video to share???
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Still looks very cool Joe!
And here is why I can’t have a layout under my tree. And this is only 1/4 of the problem. 
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Chinatrain99,
I can relate. Today my wife used the "enforcer" (squirt bottle) on our 6-month-old kitten too many times to count, as he tried to rearrange my small near-the-tree layout. His breed likes water so it takes some doing to get the message across! This is why I made the entire layout magnetic per my post last month. If a cat knocks over a tree, as can be seen in the image, I just upright it and it stays standing no matter where I put it.
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I plan on putting one around our tree this year, but our tree isn't up yet, and I think I need more power drops for my PE LionChief when I do get it up, it seems to stop or slow down quite a bit the furthest distance from the Transformer, maybe we will get our tree up this week. I will try to remember to post pictures when I do get it set up, though no buildings.
tcochran posted:I plan on putting one around our tree this year, but our tree isn't up yet, and I think I need more power drops
Rule of thumb, one power drop for every six track joints.
Got a nice new 'round the tree layout plan ready. My eBay shipment of extra track came in today. Trains were banished from around the tree as a result of the great "Coal Smoke Incident of 2012". The ban has been lifted this year as the result of a request by our 4 year old Granddaughter to her Grammy.
Just sitting around, waiting for my wife to finish decorating the tree. Not very pleased with her progress.
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The same layout (just a circle of Lionel tubular track) in different years with different trains and different trees:
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Fred
Does three 4x8's and some 2x4's leaning against the living room wall count? i hope to start today.
This is my first attempt at a Christmas Village. I never really had a train as a child apart from a brief HO loop. We bought a used O27 Lionel set last year to go around the tree and my son enjoyed it so much I decided to expand it this year. We went from 10ft of track to 100ft with DCS, two switches, a new MTH loco, a bunch of new/used cars, and a bump trolley. The village is mostly used pieces from ebay with a few new pieces.
The attention to detail some of you have is amazing, so I've lurked without joining the forum for several months. I've learned quite a bit from you all already!
pretty much got Uncle Jim's Nuclear Village set up (oversize chickens roaming the town) and need to bring some rolling stock up.Of our three cats, one totally ignores the train, one will occasionally bat the Cabin Car, and the third will do a Catzilla bit and walk thru town.
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You people are unbelievably creative. My hat is off to you all!
Shife posted:This is my first attempt at a Christmas Village. I never really had a train as a child apart from a brief HO loop. We bought a used O27 Lionel set last year to go around the tree and my son enjoyed it so much I decided to expand it this year. We went from 10ft of track to 100ft with DCS, two switches, a new MTH loco, a bunch of new/used cars, and a bump trolley. The village is mostly used pieces from ebay with a few new pieces.
The attention to detail some of you have is amazing, so I've lurked without joining the forum for several months. I've learned quite a bit from you all already!
Shife, your set up is unreal! I wish the wife would let me take up that much real estate for Christmas!!! 
Janitor John posted:Shife posted:This is my first attempt at a Christmas Village. I never really had a train as a child apart from a brief HO loop. We bought a used O27 Lionel set last year to go around the tree and my son enjoyed it so much I decided to expand it this year. We went from 10ft of track to 100ft with DCS, two switches, a new MTH loco, a bunch of new/used cars, and a bump trolley. The village is mostly used pieces from ebay with a few new pieces.
The attention to detail some of you have is amazing, so I've lurked without joining the forum for several months. I've learned quite a bit from you all already!
Shife, your set up is unreal! I wish the wife would let me take up that much real estate for Christmas!!!
Thanks! The wife thought it was kinda "dumb" when it was still a scarm rendering, but she's quite happy with the result. Our 4 year old loves it, and that's what I was aiming for.
We just finished ours. We incorporate Dept 56 with our layout and use MTH Realtrax on the outside with a passing track and a basic loop of Lionel Fastrack on the inside. Happy Holidays everyone!
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First time posting on OGR. Here is our under the tree layout, has grown over the years and reached it's max.
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As my Std. Gauge layout table took over the entire front room of the house, there is no room for a full size tree this year. After seeing many new and old pics posted, I decided to add a 4 ft artificial tree on the front window end of the layout. Pulled off the two 444 roundhouse sections to make room for it, which gave me a little extra space to add some recent acquisitions. Today the tree got its skirting added, but its not lit or decorated just yet. that will happen this weekend most likely.
Decided today that I'll run the MTH repro gold Millennium AF President's Special set on the outer loop, and the MTH repro 392E steam loco, followed by a "Vixen" Christmas passenger car, and the Stephen Girard 3 car passenger set on the inner loop for this holiday month.
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No tree yet maybe this weekend
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Nick R. posted:Just a couple simple loops under the tree...
And a small Christmas village in the dining room.
- Nick
The hockey rink is brilliant!
Thank you! That was my very first (and so far only) scratch build and was it an exercise in trial and error! Ugh...
- Nick
I might as well just go with a stationary train under the tree like NJCJOE showed above. Thank you for the idea Joe! 
Our dog is a good dog, but she just can't stand the train running and nudges the engine off the track. 
I run trains on a 4 x 8 Christmas layout in a bedroom one of our adult daughters vacated a few years ago.
Nick R. posted:Thank you! That was my very first (and so far only) scratch build and was it an exercise in trial and error! Ugh...
- Nick
Nick, I just now noticed the Montreal Canadiens water tower. I love it!
GO HABS GO!!! 
I posted some pictures earlier, but thought I would include a short video as well showcasing two of our favorite Christmas sets from MTH.
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rvHere is mine video
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Enjoy!
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Nick R. posted:Just a couple simple loops under the tree...
And a small Christmas village in the dining room.
- Nick
Love the hockey rink! That's the first time I've seen one in a xmas village train display.
IC fan posted:A few photos of the village and the tree with train underneath. The Railking Canadian Pacific cars are really pretty on the tracks. The photo nestled onto a branch of the tree is me with my dad, Christmas 1969.
Awesome, so great to have both the memory and the photo! (And your dad was/is a sharp dresser!)
My first Christmas at my current home in 2006. The train is a K-Line Reading 4-6-2. For some reason, this is the only photo I took of the holiday that year.
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This not under the tree but I put this up every year
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