lee drennen posted:

Vincent 

these came in the mail today 

Obviously, you have been good this year.

Okay! Okay! Santa Claus does use diesels.

Vincent Massi posted:

lee drennen posted:

Vincent 

these came in the mail today 

Obviously, you have been good this year.

 

That is a matter of opinion my friend 

When it's time to get the elves to work in the morning, you need trolleys!

Pick-up trucks! Like gondolas and flatcars they are easily converted into Christmas vehicles for your lay-out.

Santa's well-balanced fleet includes coal, diesel, electric and gasoline. Hmmm....needs more gasoline. You never know where a shortage will hit. Ooops; the third one is an electric trolley, but you get the idea.

Still more gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles for Christmas!

When all else fails...handcars!

Yes indeed!  The handcars are great!!!

Airplanes! Sometimes you have to move supplies over great distances...

                                                 train under the Christmas tree...

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

                                                 train under the Christmas tree...

 

Oh, I get it!

Just a few trains today...

Vincent, that one hauling the gondola with reindeer looks neat with the big snowplow on it.

SantaFeJim posted:

Then there is my favorite.

Mine too, Jim! 

John

Santa has his license 

Mark Boyce posted:

Vincent, that one hauling the gondola with reindeer looks neat with the big snowplow on it.

Thank you, Mark.

And this brings up a word of advice: If you're thinking of buying a Christmas train, look carefully at the railcars. Are they sharp-looking or plain-looking? And never buy a small plastic battery-powered train--they derail constantly.

Santa and Folk Art

Why were all of yesterday's trains heading towards the right?

LOL

About buying trains.  I couldn’t agree more about the plastic battery trains.  I’m not in the market this year.  I have the LC Bluetooth Polar Express and the Halmark Toymaker sets.  I also have a North Pole Central 0-4-0 and a few cars.  I need to find some photographs of them.

With snow flying yesterday here in the Midwest it felt more like Christmas than Halloween!  Here is a video from last year with our Disney Christmas train getting help from the Hallmark Toymaker Santa engine as the Polar Express passes by. 

Rob 

Loved the video - well done - nice touch with the hallmark engine

but - a question - what are the last three cars of you train?

Thank you

Enon

Need something to add to a Christmas flat car (Between Halloween and Christmas)?

A new hallmark ornament which is the perfect size for O gauge.

Just google "Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas Here Comes Sandy Claws Ornament.

I did not want to post a picture as it may not be allowed, but google it and look for it in the stores

Here is the link, Thanks Dave, did not know it was OK to add this

 https://www.hallmark.com/ornam...ent-3299QXD6337.html

RonH posted:

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Just google "Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas Here Comes Sandy Claws Ornament.

I did not want to post a picture as it may not be allowed, but google it and look for it in the stores

Links are helpful though (they don't violate the copyright law since the content is not reproduced without clicking to go to the original source)!

Sandy Claws on Hallmark.com.

I may have to take a glance at that the next time I'm in a store.  I'd guess it's probably a little too big/heavy to mount to the top of an airplane pylon in place of the regular Santa Sleigh.

-Dave

Rob, Looks great!  My wife really liked the Halmark Toymaker set, so I bought it.  I also have the Polar Express!  Get the Christmas trains running, because it seems like the next thing you know it’s January!

Reindeer! The ultimate last resort for solving Arctic transportation problems!

Buildings! You can't run a vast manufacturing and shipping facility without buildings, can you?

And still more buildings!

It gets COLD up at the North ole, so we have even MORE buildings!

I just got caught up Vincent.  I have never seen any of those neat buildings.  I like the signal tower!

If you want to tour the North Pole in comfort, you need PASSENGER CARS!

I have the PE LC Bluetooth version.  Indeed nice

Mark Boyce posted:

I have the PE LC Bluetooth version.  Indeed nice

You lost me there, Mark. The PE LC Bluetooth version of what?

Vincent Massi posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

I have the PE LC Bluetooth version.  Indeed nice

You lost me there, Mark. The PE LC Bluetooth version of what?

Not to speak too much for Mark, but PE= Polar Express, and there have been quite a few variants. 

Original strictly conventional (possibly more than one), The earlier LionChief one, and finally the LionChief one with Bluetooth capability.

-Dave

Vincent Massi posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

I have the PE LC Bluetooth version.  Indeed nice

You lost me there, Mark. The PE LC Bluetooth version of what?

Sorry Vincent, Lionel lionChief Polar Express with Bluetooth to operate either with the remote or a phone app.

Dave45681 posted:

Vincent Massi posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

I have the PE LC Bluetooth version.  Indeed nice

You lost me there, Mark. The PE LC Bluetooth version of what?

Not to speak too much for Mark, but PE= Polar Express, and there have been quite a few variants. 

Original strictly conventional (possibly more than one), The earlier LionChief one, and finally the LionCheif one with Bluetooth capability.

-Dave

thank you, Dave

Vincent Massi posted:

A major thunderstorm just started, so I have to post fast and shut down.

I like that PRR Christmas print.  Maybe someone can get a new post going with railroad Christmas ads/prints.

love the reds and greens

Vincent Massi posted:

Hokey smokes, Folks! It's only three months until Christmas! And of course we have to begin assembling our Christmas lay-outs even earlier than that!

Fortunately, I have collected a variety of Christmas railcar photos over the years. They are mostly Lionel                                            O-scale, but there are a variety of others. And please feel free to add your own photos.

I need to get a Hershey's Bells car.  I do have a few Hershey's Christmas cars.  I will post when I get a chance.

My first year of all Christmas trains under the tree was 2015.  The Hallmark Santa Toymaker train took my outside track while the Polar Express (with Hot Chocolate car and Disappearing Hobo car) took up the inside track. 

I remember in the mid 1980s, adding Christmas decorations (mostly old cupcake toppers such as plastic snowmen or Santas) to the train layout we had.  I also cut out some of the decorations off old gift tags, and Scotch-taped them to the telephone poles.  My father was not amused.  I placed 6 (only 6) Hershey's kisses in an HO Union Pacific gondola, and he accused me of "wasting food."  Since he grew up in the Depression, I suppose he expected me to, also. 

Thank you for this thread, Vincent.  I hope to add more recent pics when my 2019 trains go up.