Did a lot of work on his layout and added the Lionel flashing crossing with bell after he went to bed. He's gonna freak when he sees it 
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He is a very lucky boy to have a dad like you.
Great to see a son following in dads foot steps.
That is what it's all about!!!
Very nice! You're a good pop!
Very Cool!!! Me next Dad! 
Very nicely done. Your son will love it.
Good looking station, too.
Very Nice!!!
Nice but signal needs to be activated sooner before a car gets crushed while crossing the tracks. 
Good job!
Good for you as a Dad, good for him as your son. Satisfaction all around.
Your Son has to be special, to receive a special gift and having a special Dad.
RJL
Good Pop. This reminds me of a Christmas in about 1952. Unlike John, my dad knew nothing about trains. He bought me a unloading flat car and a crossing gate. He and his friend set up the crossing gate on our Christmas layout around the tree. He apologized to me when I started running the train. He said the crossing gate was "working backwards". He had the gate crossing the tracks and thought it was to stop the train. Of course it went down and the train hit it every time the train went around. Don
My son has the train gene. The torch will be passed. Mark
Thanks everyone. We had a great weekend running the new layout. He also got a new to him Lionel 2046. This is what 3 rail O gauge is all about... We ran conventional, TMCC, and DCS all weekend long. I have been longing to build a scale layout recently, but nothing can top the feeling of spending time playing trains with my son.
