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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. 

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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 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.

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