Tis the season and it is time to share your 2014 Christmas train layouts/displays with all of our Forum members. This will sure help you get in the Christmas spirit.
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What a beautiful Christmas scene Brian and Elizabeth. Can't get much better than this.
Steve, Lady and Tex
One corner of The Christmas Putz in The Lutheran Home at Topton, PA
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Nice job Brain! I really hope to meet you one day....you are a genuinely good man with a great attitude on life.
Steve
Beautiful as usual Brian!
Brian; great photo.
You guys have put together some awesome layouts! Hopefully my tree will be up soon after Thanksgiving. 
Originally Posted by Chris Lonero:
Beautiful as usual Brian!
Chris! I read a "TinPlate" article that featured you in a well known train magazine last night!
Very nice Brian, Very nice everyone, Looks like the season is upon us.
Just beautiful, David. Photos like this make this thread very special each Christmas season. 
Beautiful layouts, trees, and photos.
My recently-completed project is attached...I wish that I had a wide angle lens. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
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this is it
HMorgan,
Where is that sleigh and reindeer from?
I can never seem to find a decent version (along with the correct number of reindeer). You even have an extra (Rudolph?) standing with Santa.
Dave
We couldn't take the layout to the tree, so we added a tree to the layout.
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This is what I call being creative.
This was actually the wife's idea. She even purchased the tree!
I believe the reindeer, sleigh, and Santa are from Department 56.
Wow guys beautiful photos, as soon as i set up our tree and Thomas set, i will post photos
Alex
A couple of us from the club cobbled together a 6' x 10' table last night at my office and laid two loops of Fastrack. We hastily put down some 'snow' batten and fluffed it up a bit.
This morning at work I added some braces to the table, tacked on the skirting, and placed the trains for static display.
We're scrounging around for a suitable transformer and will add the festive buildings and lights for the weekend. Here's a couple of shots of the beginning.
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Best of the season to all.
Bryan
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That is correct...
The sleigh and reindeer are Department 56 North Pole Series #56.56111 "Sleigh & Eight Tiny Reindeer. Issued in 1990 (retired). The elves and reindeer are a multi-unit set from Department 56 North Pole Series #56.56436 "Reindeer Training Camp" from 1998 (retired).
All of the buildings, trees, vehicles, people, and accessories are from Department 56 (North Pole, Christmas in the City, Dickens Village, and Peanuts) that we have collected over the years.
Thanks for looking.
I believe the reindeer, sleigh, and Santa are from Department 56.
PTC,
Holy cow buddy I have not even had time to start building yet!
PCRR/Dave
"The sleigh and reindeer are Department 56 North Pole Series #56.56111 "Sleigh & Eight Tiny Reindeer. Issued in 1990 (retired). The elves and reindeer are a multi-unit set from Department 56 North Pole Series #56.56436 "Reindeer Training Camp" from 1998 (retired).
All of the buildings, trees, vehicles, people, and accessories are from Department 56 (North Pole, Christmas in the City, Dickens Village, and Peanuts) that we have collected over the years."
We have a lot in common.
I still have some Halloween stuff to put away
HMorgan, nice collection and display.
Bryan, what did you use for the texture on your mountain backdrop?
Don
Originally Posted by dmestan:
Bryan, what did you use for the texture on your mountain backdrop?
Don, the mountains are just white Styrofoam 2x8 sheets carved up with hot wire tools and dollar store razor knives. Then various flower spray paints from a craft store. Flower paint doesn't melt the foam. The base and hills in the other pictures are done the same way. Bryan
Thanks for the pictures; they're wonderful!
Originally Posted by david1:
Originally Posted by B+M FAN:
this is it
Interesting. I thought we were the ONLY ones that decorated the tree to a point where you couldn't see the tree! 
Nice job guys!!
Originally Posted by c.sam:
A couple of us from the club cobbled together a 6' x 10' table last night at my office and laid two loops of Fastrack. We hastily put down some 'snow' batten and fluffed it up a bit.
This morning at work I added some braces to the table, tacked on the skirting, and placed the trains for static display.
We're scrounging around for a suitable transformer and will add the festive buildings and lights for the weekend. Here's a couple of shots of the beginning.
That looks like a nice little town there Sam!
Inspirational, every one of them! I'm getting off my computer-anchored keester right now and head to the basement Christmas-decoration-storage-cave and dig out some more cartons to continue the recent three days of Holiday decorating. Dinner later today will be my reward (not that I need one.)
FrankM
Originally Posted by RidgeRunner:
Best of the season to all.
Bryan
Bryan - These pictures remind me of Bedford Falls. I half expected to see Jimmy Stewart running down the street.
Wow, some absolutely great shots and Christmas layouts! Here is mine from last year. Well, maybe two years ago! With a one year old last year it was minimized!
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Not a 2014 Christmas layout, but one that I miss dearly (one of the sad parts of a divorce).
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This is a great thread! I get to enjoy the Christmas layouts and I don't have all the work of setting one up and taking it down.
Art
Originally Posted by chipset:
Originally Posted by Chris Lonero:
Beautiful as usual Brian!
Chris! I read a "TinPlate" article that featured you in a well known train magazine last night!
I don't want to hijack this thread but I hope you liked it. Thank you.
Congratulations Chris, could not have happened to a nicer guy.
I just went online & purchased these...gonne use them in our community layout!
My wife searched Hi and Lo to find the figures for this Frozen diarama!
