So, what train items did you get for Christmas?

Santa left a Broadway Limited O Gauge Water Tower.  Replacing the stand alone push button with a panel mounted momentary.  Still trying to figure out whether it operates on AC or DC or both.   The instructions, box and web sites are less than clear.

A pristine copy of a rare book “One Man’s Locomotives” from my wife.

@Henryjint posted:

LOVE IT!

Great seeing kids open up a new train set on Christmas morning.  We need more kids into this hobby so it does not fade away.   I have a 16 year old down the block from me hanging around my layout all the time with questions and for Christmas he got his train set.  Your video above reminds me of myself 70 some years ago when I got my first Marx 999 engine and have been into trains ever since

Coal

This year, no electric trains for me since we are on a tighter budget, but I got a book for Christmas—lovin’ it!

@Larry Sr. posted:

MTH RailKing One Gauge 4141

And the Lionel funeral train set.

Nice!

Come on Larry, where's the rest???

It was a lite year for train items, but I did get this gem. I’ll be adding my own touches to this by adding my own choice of stores eventually.

train sim world 2 deluxe edition

I have officially been recaptured by the Standard Gauge bug.  Sorry for the quality of the pic.  In the lower right corner are a John Deere thresher (1/28 scale) surrounded by a number of Barclay farm figures.  In the right, passengers await the next train by the station.  The upper shelf holds a gray Lionel 10E w/ 332, 339, 341.  The middle holds a green-stripe 384 with an assortment of 500-series freight cars.  Unfortunately, the 384 arrived with a broken frame and wheel.  I have already replaced the wheel and bought a replacement frame from Hennings.

One more pic:  no trains, but the Reason for the Season:

Got a new OGR  digital and print subscription from my daughter,  best present yet.

Nice stuff everyone!!

Saturday, the 26th, my wife & I did a road trip through northeastern PA.  Of course I had to stop at Gryzboski's train store in Moosic.  For some reason I have always liked the CN color scheme, so an MTH Premier CN caboose - for $35 - had to come home with me !

The elves at Lionel/Charles Ro/and FedEx combined to deliver my B&M Legacy powered E8 passenger set yesterday morning.

After unpacking and lubing the appropriate points, I powered the set up and everything works and runs like a Swiss watch. 15 drops of Lionel Premium fluid had the smoke unit pouring out the diesel fumes galore. My one disappointment is the "detailed interior with passengers" didn't include the fair-paying clientele.....

I'm not sure the shade of red on the E8 is close to B&M colors or not-too many years since I've seen the real deal around Schenectady. It pretty much mimics the catalog illustration, so I can't complain there. I do include a pix of my Atlas"O" F2 AB set for comparison.

@Grampstrains posted:

Did anyone else get what I got?  A Lionel face mask.

No, but I did get a Dorfan mask a while back.

Steve

2020 Lionel Christmas Musical Boxcar

@POTRZBE posted:

I got my first MTH tank car.  Well made.

That is a totally awesome tank car. I really like it alot! I will be getting one. Better yet.....a whole fleet of those would look really great! MTH did a good job on that tank car. Be proud of that car. It looks great.

My wife got me these !

Not a Christmas gift, per se, and bought this myself. Arrived about a week before Christmas...the new Lionel Area 51 Railroad Set with lighted green FasTrak. Very cool.

Set up on carpet central for now. After the holidays will do a small space-themed layout. Now where's that Menards UFO? 

@Mill City posted:

Cool - what scale it that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr6tFCjPyKc

I also got a MTH U.S. Army ore dump car, a JTT maple tree, and JTT corn.

Merry Christmas!!

Got a new camera rig to help with train videos. This is a test video using the app. Merry Christmas!

Santa delivered this classic today..Mighty happy!!!

Santa got me the Legacy First Run Edition Big BoyUP 4014, Promontory Baggage car and the Excursion two Pack. The bluetooth app connectivity from an iPhone X was a bit disappointing so I also got my first Legacy Controller as well after the fact. Aaand found a Vision UP Aux. Water tender to tie it out a week later. And I'll stop there, that's all the positives.

I got the MTH Premier GS-4 with the UP patch and a diner/sleeper set from 1998! I also got one of the new Lionel auxiliary water tanks in the Chessie Steam Special livery.

@Train Nut posted:

My wife got me these !

You are lucky to have that 2020 Lionel Christmas boxcar.  Apparently Lionel under-shot on its production numbers & they are sold out- going for $150-$200 on the internet.

@RadioRon posted:

You are lucky to have that 2020 Lionel Christmas boxcar.  Apparently Lionel under-shot on its production numbers & they are sold out- going for $150-$200 on the internet.

I'm lucky my wife shopped early!   

This year we figured we better shop early with the shipping problems and everything that's going on. 

@TheOReg posted:

Santa got me the Legacy First Run Edition Big BoyUP 4014, Promontory Baggage car and the Excursion two Pack. The bluetooth app connectivity from an iPhone X was a bit disappointing so I also got my first Legacy Controller as well after the fact. Aaand found a Vision UP Aux. Water tender to tie it out a week later. And I'll stop there, that's all the positives.

Beauty Eh! Last year I took my Mom to go see the BigBoy 4014 and the UP consist Roar past us in Farmington, MN. Your Beautiful engine made me smile!! Thanks for the memory my friend...

wow just wow

@Train Nut posted:

I'm lucky my wife shopped early!   This year we figured we better shop early with the shipping problems and everything that's going on.

I may have spoken too soon.  There may be a back-up batch on the way.   Charles Ro now lists them as "on backorder."  (A week ago they had been taken off their website.)

I've been winding down the accumulation mode the last few years, but with MTH likely to shutter in April, I decided it was time to run down one set I've had interest in for awhile...11-6040-0, 616 Flying Yankee O Gauge Passenger Set - Traditional, Red/Silver. The wife found one at Mario's. Haven't even cracked it out of the box yet, but I'm hopeful it's a runner.

PD

Strap Hanger,

Back to your original post on the LI RS-1.

I also purchased one.

On the side of the cab, is that a map of Long Island?

What years did the LI use this logo?

@Jeff2035 posted:

Strap Hanger,

Back to your original post on the LI RS-1.

I also purchased one.

On the side of the cab, is that a map of Long Island?

What years did the LI use this logo?

Hi Jeff, Sorry for the late response, but i missed your post. Yes, the Tichy logo is a picture of Long island with crossed lines through it, representing the LI Railroad's coverage of the "four corners" of Long island.  The Logo/paint scheme was used from 1949 to 1955. Read more here at www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/tichy/tichy.htm

PS, that link even has a picture of the actual LIRR RS-1 #469 that MTH based their model on. Pretty cool.

Wow, great link!

Thank you so much for all the info.

Interesting to learn the 469 was rostered in 1950, with the Tichy logo, and to see a photo.

I bough myself a Lionel GP-20, 6-6820, Missouri Pacific the first week of January 2021 as a late Christmas gift.  I usually get all the Christmas bills!  It runs well, shows little wear on gears and shell and is my first more modern diesel.  I was hoping for a more colorful one with some yellow but settled on the blue MP and got a rare fair affordable deal on eBay.  It makes my 027 curves and 32 Marx 1590 switches as I limited myself to smaller diesels.  I wanted a drop nose diesel to better indicate the front end.

Charlie

@Chris1985 posted:

Got a new camera rig to help with train videos. This is a test video using the app. Merry Christmas!

Nice video.  I took a few just like that and then found out that my library has free loans on GoPro cameras.  I mounted one to flat car and placed it in front of the engine and took videos straight ahead and then turned it on a 45 degree angle and shot the rest of the layout.  I am posting 2 short videos under 100 mb limit for you to see what a GoPro camera shows

@Lary great videos! I need to check my library to see if they have any Go-Pros. Your scenery/ layout is excellent. I can only dream of having that level of detail on my layout.

Try a little harder to get a more realistic look to these layouts !!!🙃........

........maybe run the rails outside and down through the neighborhood . 😉

@POTRZBE posted:

I got my first MTH tank car.  Well made.

no offense...............................................Lol

@Choo Choo Charlie posted:

I bough myself a Lionel GP-20, 6-6820, Missouri Pacific the first week of January 2021 as a late Christmas gift.  I usually get all the Christmas bills!  It runs well, shows little wear on gears and shell and is my first more modern diesel.  I was hoping for a more colorful one with some yellow but settled on the blue MP and got a rare fair affordable deal on eBay.  It makes my 027 curves and 32 Marx 1590 switches as I limited myself to smaller diesels.  I wanted a drop nose diesel to better indicate the front end.

Charlie

If it won't overwhelm your space, consider getting the 8565 dummy that goes with it:  the two units make an impressive consist on short trains.