Christmas

A Lionel 212-T to go with set 1591....Maybe?

Good question!

However, in my case, I must admit that I already have more train projects than I'll ever complete in my remaining lifetime.

SO... I reckon instead of more trains, I need a box of Round Tuits so I'll get off my duff and get some finished!

Andre

Nothing this year now as I already got my train "gift". In fact, it arrives a little later today according to the USPS's Informed Tracking..

Lionel visionline big boy 4014.  would settle for the lionchief one

Just recieved my lionel big boy special run for mr muffin    I'm unwrapping it at our family Christmas dinner on dec 25  they saynpatience is a virtue .......this is gonna be hard lol  

@Aquinas2 you're a saint for not opening that thing I hope it's outta sight so you're not seeing it daily.

I want some Ross track. I hear the complaints about the price of modern locomotives but a few hundred feet of track is rough on the budget haha

@Aquinas2 posted:

Just received my Lionel big boy special run for Mr. muffin    I'm unwrapping it at our family Christmas dinner on DEC 25  they say patience is a virtue .......this is gonna be hard lol  

Personally if it were me, I think I'd open it up, test it, and then add grease if needed and then wrap it up or send it to a trusted friend to test it.  Nothing says disappointment like a non working gift on Christmas Day.

@MartyE posted:

Personally if it were me, I think I'd open it up, test it, and then add grease if needed and then wrap it up or send it to a trusted friend to test it.  Nothing says disappointment like a non working gift on Christmas Day.

I can speak from experience, this is no lie.  Years ago I purchased a Lionel Chessie freight special.  The set with the SD-40 and sequentially numbered hoppers. ~'88 vintage?  It was a gift for my then young son.  It was new, never been out of the box but ~10 years old at the time.  Put the SD-40 on the track, it lit up and didn't move an inch.  That was back in the conventional days so some surgery to take the motors out and grease them was all that was needed.  Still, a let down at first.

Trains for Christmas this year will be a bit light.  My customary Lionel Christmas car, an MTH RailKing Christmas themed engine and caboose, and an MTH Chessie SD-45 to add to the set I spoke about above. 

Tony

At my rather advanced age I have to be realistic.  I would like a copy of Building a Layout by Jim Barrett.  It must be a digital copy for my wife says if I bring another hard back book into the house, I must choose another book from my library to give away. (She claims the weight of my books is causing structural damage to our home.)

I miss Jim Barrett's column.  This book should help fill the gaps for me. For that matter, I miss Jim Sutter's Train Shop too!  Thanks for getting everyone excited about the holidays Jimmy!!!

That sound like a great idea.  I will open it test it fill out the warranty info then box it back up I'm sure I will be just as surprised on Christmas as I am going to be testing it

Lionel Standard O Scale non-powered SD70MAC in modern UP flag livery.

What, me worry?

Aquinas2 - I hope you are ‘pleasantly’ surprised when you open up the package. 🤞

A week long trip on the "Rocky Mountaineer" in Canada...

Santa’s bag filled with a bunch of Ross Custom Switches.

That would really take some Christmas magic, as nobody makes small logging two truck Heisler or Climax in O three rail . Think made in On30.  All other wrapped empty boxes aren't made either so won't make a wish list here.

H O Big Boy 4014.

I’d love a csx gold lettered ac6000, not gonna happen, but it’s a nice thought. Of course a new hemi challenger is an even nicer thought!

The Base3…..whenever it comes. I don’t care how long it takes. I don’t want it rushed to market. Take the time it needs to get it right. I don’t mind if Santa uses FedEx six months from now.

Peter

I want the good Lord to let be happy with what he's already blessed me with and more time to play with it.  

Jeff T     Went on the rocky mountaineer in august for my honeymoon   Absolutely fantastic....def a trip you should take !!!!!

@jim sutter posted:

What type of train item would you like to receive for Christmas?

All of it ,

( them?) err,

....anything, na.

I got my MTH SD70ACe one gauge, so I'm good.

A bigger room or more space to run & display what I already have, which would allow me to access it easier.

We would all like to see Jim's Train Shop open for business again.

Merry Christmas  Jim &Peggy Your shop is missed.

Should be here soon - Lionel Pennsy I-1 Decapod 😎🚂👍🏼

@tnkMarx posted:

A bigger room or more space to run & display what I already have, which would allow me to access it easier.

Make that two, Santa!!

A buy one, get one free sale at Berwyn Hobbies.

Hopefully will be able to resume operation in time for Christmas.

Peace and Truth.

ECI

This may be the first year I won't have a train around the tree.  Yet to be determined.  I am getting a smaller tree in hopes of not taking up so much space in the living room.  This might negate a train under it.

As far as what type of train, I have so many and in reality zero chance of getting one unless I buy it myself.  No, right now I'll just take a quiet day with family.  I can go downstairs and chose one of the many.  Most likely I'll spend Friday changing out some buildings for Christmas themed ones and removing some everyday trains and adding the Christmas Trains.

Space for even a minimal layout. Remodeled the kitchen over the summer, which added space there, but took away the small space where I could set up my occasional Christmas layout.

This year, I'd just like some time to work on the layout for a long stretch. But I did find something I've been looking at for years recently. Thats going to be my train gift to me.

NOTE from OGR:  if you have something for sale, then list it in the for sale forum OR contact the person that is looking for one directly.

While I am unbelievably happy with the trains I have, I would love to see a Blue Comet or Girls' Train just to add some color to the lineup!

First choice - A finished layout. Heck, even a unfinished but running layout.

Second choice - The Base3

a scale Berkshire - either Lionel or MTH

wonder if Santa does any 'trades'?

Years ago, an article in CTT magazine caught my attention and captured my imagination - how to convert a Rail Zeppelin conceived by Schylling and manufactured by Lionel as a wind-up toy train into an electric locomotive. I had to have one!

I purchased the Rail Zeppelin with the intent to follow the directions and photos presented in the article.  In mid-2023, I sent the loco and the CTT  article to Sommerfeld's Trains in Butler, WI along with an order to electrify it.  I set a deadline of Christmas.  It would be a gift from me to me.

In early November, the finished project arrived at Mottler Station.  I'll set-up our Christmas tree soon after Thanksgiving and install a FasTrack carpet layout beneath it -- ready to run the Rail Zeppelin.

Photos attached for reference.

Mike Mottler    LCCA 12394

Still working on recovery from really nasty side effects from one of my heart meds. Hoping to get them cleared up enough to put away the Halloween stuff that we had to cancel this year and start on the Christmas layout.