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Post by Country Joe on Nov 20, 2019 19:54:30 GMT
I probably won't put a train under the tree since it's a very short walk from the tree to the train room. If my layout was upstairs, down in the basement or in an outbuilding having a train under the tree would be more of an imperative.
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Post by ptc on Nov 20, 2019 21:15:50 GMT
"If my layout was upstairs, down in the basement or in an outbuilding having a train under the tree would be more of an imperative."
Yup, I have been looking for a solution to this problem and Laz came up with the perfect solution. |
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Post by Traindiesel! on Nov 28, 2019 1:17:13 GMT
When I was growing up (still a work in progress) our living room was too small to have trains around the tree. An N scale circle could barely fit around our small silver tree with a color wheel shining on it. I loved that tree! I even have a smaller replica that I put on a foyer table. All year long the box for the color wheel was stored in the garage and visible, so I'd see it when gathering my baseball equipment in the summer and count the days until the Christmas layout would go up! For Christmas we had the 5X9 layout in the basement.
For the first time in two years since we moved we will be decorating the house for Christmas. We plan on having two 9 ft. trees, so it will depend on where we decide to place them and when my Mianne benchwork arrives.
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Post by rockymountaineer on Nov 28, 2019 7:35:49 GMT
While I'm a tried-and-true O-Gauge fan at heart, I must confess Standard Gauge trains scream of my childhood memories watching Standard Gauge trains under the big department store Christmas trees.
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Post by ptc on Nov 28, 2019 16:46:13 GMT
"While I'm a tried-and-true O-Gauge fan at heart, I must confess Standard Gauge trains scream of my childhood memories watching Standard Gauge trains under the big department store Christmas trees."
I agree David, Standard Gauge makes a perfect choice for under the Christmas Tree.
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Post by rockymountaineer on Nov 28, 2019 17:56:22 GMT
I believe when MTH did its last production run of Lionel Corporation Tinplate 400E's (just before the license to use the Lionel name expired this year), SideTrack Hobbies did a VERY small special-run of 10 units in a Christmas Special red/green/white color scheme along with matching passenger cars. To no surprise, the 10 sets sold out in a flash as pre-orders -- long before they were delivered. I'm sure if Al had done 25, they all would have sold out. But 10 was REALLY a very small run for something like that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2019 14:07:28 GMT
Growing up nobody in the family had trains under the tree. When our children were younger I was able to put a train under the tree for a few years. It has been a long time with no train under the tree.
After viewing Emile's Christmas video I belive I have the wife convinced we need a train under one of our trees. She has even been trying to figure out tree placement so we can fit the train under!
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 29, 2019 20:49:53 GMT
These photos are from about 15 years ago. We lived in Poughkeepsie and had plenty of room for a G gauge train. The grandkids were small and loved playing with the train under the tree.   |
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Nov 29, 2019 21:34:50 GMT
"While I'm a tried-and-true O-Gauge fan at heart, I must confess Standard Gauge trains scream of my childhood memories watching Standard Gauge trains under the big department store Christmas trees."
I agree David, Standard Gauge makes a perfect choice for under the Christmas Tree. Standard Gauge under the tree is a perfect match.
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Post by ptc on Nov 29, 2019 21:40:04 GMT
What a beautiful train set under your Christmas Tree, Emile. The colors are spectacular and the smoke, perfect.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2019 21:59:45 GMT
That is a gorgeous train Emile. I really have to get something like that. Some years back I did purchase a larger train set to go under the tree. As for what scale it is I don't think it falls into any scale category. Picked it up at a local grocery store. It is a very colorful steam set. Of course it is buried in the basement with everything else. It will run again one day. Joe, yours looks similar to mine.
Gary.
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 30, 2019 4:02:53 GMT
Gary, the set you have is probably #1 Gauge but could be any of a number of scales. The trains I ran under the tree were LGB 1:22.5 scale.
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