Christmas Cars are mostly Traditional O Scale

the legacy command system is a controller system to control engines and some cars and accessories.

Hi,

 

For me, holiday trains are all fantasy and fun.  The "traditional" size enables them to take tight curves.  They sure look great going around the tree.  This train is on a round card table using O-36 Lionel Fastrack.

 

My home and club layouts all have a minimum O-72 curves and operate scale length equipment.  These layouts only operate holiday cars during the season.

 

Joe

 

 

 

 

That is actually a pretty sweet deal you got going.

 

I have to make a correction, I do not have the Legacy Control System yet, but was leaning on it. I want to get a pretty cool loco that I can use the Command System. From what I always see, the Command typically have all the cools stuff on the Standard O scale(1/48). But for Christmas, I like to do what Joe did and have a whole bunch of Christmas Cars attached. Going to a lot of websites and most of them are Traditional O(1/55). I know it is minor scale difference, but some of the trains are huge compared to the Traditional O cars. I'm even surprised that Lionel would have so many Christmas cars that are Traditional O. I'm never understood why they do not make it for both scales!

You may want to look for the Polar Railroad K4 steam locomotive or the Polar Railroad diesels...GP7 and SD90(or is it 80?).

All three are scale Lionel Legacy engines.  The SD is big and is red and green.