Christmas Tree Layouts 2019

So that's where all the Fastrack went!   Looking good, nice display.   You managed to get lots of stuff running there!

As slow as progress has been for mine this year, I should have some pictures by Christmas Eve at 11:59pm

You beat me to it by an hour!!!!!

Not done yet, but here we go...

EDIT - I totally forgot the tv was on in the background.  I just rewatched this morning with the sound on and can hear the commercials -ugh.  For now if you watch this, please just turn the sound off and enjoy the visual until I can take another video - Cheers, JHZ563

@jhz563 very nice.  I love those little MTH Christmas tinplate sets.  I need one.

@Jon1443 You can do it!

There's a pinned Featured Topic for posting holiday greetings and layouts in case you missed it.

What, me worry?

Yeah, it was started after I posted this.  Maybe they should delete mine. 

MikeH posted:

Yeah, it was started after I posted this.  Maybe they should delete mine. 

Mike I wouldn't worry about it.  You can't delete it yourself once a thread is replied to anyway.  

By the way - that's an amazing display!  Although it is right up there in the "My wife would kill me department!"  I also spy something on your layout that looks bigger on the inside - very nice and always the most interesting Christmas specials.

Just one loop. I've been putting this up since 1986.

Same as Joe above, just 1 loop, and my wife’s dept. 56 & Lemax stuff......Pat

A bit more finished now.  The fun thing is the kids will play with the tin houses and cars, so it will never look the same from one day to the next - which is just perfect for me

Single loop of O gauge this year.  MTH Tinplate Traditions 260-E with orange 710 passenger cars circle our Christmas tree.  Merry Christmas everyone.😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀.

https://youtu.be/VuUth9cVaWM

This year's layout video is on YouTube, The trains running are towards the end of the video.  We have the Polar Express and the Hallmark Toymaker Express with added cars.  Hope you enjoy.

Eddie & Pat Z, Austin, Tx

Nice photos everyone. Boy do I wish we had more room. Here’s ours. Merry Christmas everyone! 

Strap Hanger, is that a 256 on your inner loop?  I love it.

I must say, the SG looks rather tremendous as a tree layout! 

We've just got a single oval of O36 with a PE Berkshire and yellow lighted caboose ..

Strap Hanger posted:

Nice photos everyone. Boy do I wish we had more room. Here’s ours. Merry Christmas everyone! 

@Strap Hanger,  this looks great to me!!  Please tell me about the train on your outer loop.  That nyc hopper in particular - can you tell me what number it is our where it came from?  I haven't seen that one before!

EddieZ posted:

https://youtu.be/VuUth9cVaWM

This year's layout video is on YouTube, The trains running are towards the end of the video.  We have the Polar Express and the Hallmark Toymaker Express with added cars.  Hope you enjoy.

Eddie & Pat Z, Austin, Tx

 Love your video, Ed. You're very talented with those Legos.

Btw, what were the extra cars you added to the Hallmark Toymaker Express? Is the lighted one near the end your own creation? Would enjoy seeing a close up picture if it.

Also what is the most cars you've pulled with that set?

Have a great holiday and thanks for sharing your display on YouTube.

This is the entire train.  The hot chocolate car and the "star" car are lionel.  The lighted tree car is MTH.  I have at one point added a log dump car but that is all I have pulled with it.  Hope this helps.  Eddie

Dual Mth power main course with an American Flyer chaser!

Our Christmas Layout for 2019. 

Two levels of Fastrack.

Top level uses 036 reversing loops on either end.

Lower level uses a mix of 048 and 072 curves.

Sheet stryafoam for all elevated track platforms, hidden by white cloth and batting.

Powered by a ZW-L and Legacy System.

graz posted:

Our Christmas Layout for 2019. 

Two levels of Fastrack.

Top level uses 036 reversing loops on either end.

Lower level uses a mix of 048 and 072 curves.

Sheet stryafoam for all elevated track platforms, hidden by white cloth and batting.

Powered by a ZW-L and Legacy System.

That's an outstanding Xmas display !

Here is mine for 2019:

John,  I love it.  You're kicking it true old school:

prewar trains and a real tree! 

jhz563 posted:

Strap Hanger posted:

Nice photos everyone. Boy do I wish we had more room. Here’s ours. Merry Christmas everyone! 

@Strap Hanger,  this looks great to me!!  Please tell me about the train on your outer loop.  That nyc hopper in particular - can you tell me what number it is our where it came from?  I haven't seen that one before!

Thanks JHZ. I picked it up about 10 years ago out of an MTH Tinplate traditions catalog.  It’s a really nice piece. It even has an operating wheel that lowers the bottom of the hopper when turned. I don’t know the item # and the box is buried somewhere under my main layout.  

Strap Hanger posted:

jhz563 posted:

Strap Hanger posted:

Nice photos everyone. Boy do I wish we had more room. Here’s ours. Merry Christmas everyone! 

@Strap Hanger,  this looks great to me!!  Please tell me about the train on your outer loop.  That nyc hopper in particular - can you tell me what number it is our where it came from?  I haven't seen that one before!

Thanks JHZ. I picked it up about 10 years ago out of an MTH Tinplate traditions catalog.  It’s a really nice piece. It even has an operating wheel that lowers the bottom of the hopper when turned. I don’t know the item # and the box is buried somewhere under my main layout.  

No hurry,  but whenever you get around to it I would love to know the number.   I am on a foolish quest to collect one of each of the 816/2816 that mth has made.  Assuming your outer loop is O gauge.  That color scheme is one I hadn't identified. If its standard gauge than that's a different story 

Great Job Everyone !  

Lots of Great Ideas for next year !  

Thanks For Sharing 

Just in time to add to our Christmas layout... MTH 30-72211 Christmas Green Gondola Car w/LED Lights & Lighted Snowmen... Woo Hoo!

Merry Christmas!

No room for SP4449 Holiday Express under the tree!

Here is mine.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to one and all.

The UnNamed line has finished the Christmas freight runs and has started Passenger Service. Train consists of a S.F 2353 A Locomotive, S.F. 2243 B , S.F. 2353 A, S.F. 9541 Baggage car, Penn. 9570 Baggage car, Penn 9570 Passenger car.

Everyone have a pleasant Christmas and holiday season.

Duane

jhz563 posted:

Strap Hanger posted:

jhz563 posted:

Strap Hanger posted:

Nice photos everyone. Boy do I wish we had more room. Here’s ours. Merry Christmas everyone! 

@Strap Hanger,  this looks great to me!!  Please tell me about the train on your outer loop.  That nyc hopper in particular - can you tell me what number it is our where it came from?  I haven't seen that one before!

Thanks JHZ. I picked it up about 10 years ago out of an MTH Tinplate traditions catalog.  It’s a really nice piece. It even has an operating wheel that lowers the bottom of the hopper when turned. I don’t know the item # and the box is buried somewhere under my main layout.  

No hurry,  but whenever you get around to it I would love to know the number.   I am on a foolish quest to collect one of each of the 816/2816 that mth has made.  Assuming your outer loop is O gauge.  That color scheme is one I hadn't identified. If its standard gauge than that's a different story 

@Strap Hanger  I looked for an email for you but didn't see one listed.  Sorry to be a pest.  If you look under the layout I would still love to know the number for that nyc 2816 hopper. Thanks - JHZ563

Sorry, JHZ, I hadn’t had a chance to dig for the box. However, I‘m certain it’s this one - https://www.mthtrains.com/10-8023

Strap Hanger posted:

Sorry, JHZ, I hadn’t had a chance to dig for the box. However, I‘m certain it’s this one - https://www.mthtrains.com/10-8023

 

Hey - thanks a bunch!  I had identified that number as one of the few I am missing,  but the catalog image is brown.   Since yours is bright red I thought it was one I hadn't discovered yet!  It's not the first one that doesn't match the catalog photo,  and now I know what I am really looking for. 

Thanks again, 

Jhz563 

I took these stills on Christmas Eve, while waiting for my brothers and their families to come to the house.  I went simple this year, so that as many people as possible could sit in the room.  My trusty 4x4 layout of O27 track came in handy for this, along with some Plasticville, K-Line and a Lionel piece or two. 

When I bought the Lionel 2037 set, I was told that it was a department store special. Part of the shipping slip (or layaway) is there, but no mention of which store it came from.  The train runs like a dream. 

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jhz563 posted:

Strap Hanger posted:

Sorry, JHZ, I hadn’t had a chance to dig for the box. However, I‘m certain it’s this one - https://www.mthtrains.com/10-8023

 

Hey - thanks a bunch!  I had identified that number as one of the few I am missing,  but the catalog image is brown.   Since yours is bright red I thought it was one I hadn't discovered yet!  It's not the first one that doesn't match the catalog photo,  and now I know what I am really looking for. 

Thanks again, 

Jhz563 

No problem JHZ.  The video makes it look a little “redder” than it is. I think it’s picking up the reflection from my floors or the red Christmas lights on the tree.  I would say it’s more of a brownish red.  Not as brown as that catalog pic, but certainly not bright red. Good luck on your search. That’s going to be a sweet collection if you can get all of them.  

Very impressive. Fairly simple, but very nice. I love it. Do you go with the same thing every year or do you change it every year?