Taking the Polar Express to work....arrived this morning!

very thoughtful.

Great idea! The people at work will appreciate it. I used to bring a small circle of track and trains to work every Christmas. People start coming over to my office just to see it. My situation has changed and I no longer have room for the train. Thanks for posting, Skip. Hopefully, you will encourage others to do the same. 

Love Love Love your 'mobile' Polar Express - I know you're going to be bringing lots of smiles to your co-workers

I got some great painting tips from Roger!  This should be fun.

looks great Skip.

Just what I need trains in the office. I already waste enough time on the Forum.

This is timely as I have plans to start on a 2x2 or 2x4 N-gauge winter layout for my office this weekend.  I don't have the space for O-gauge and even if I did, I think it will be a bit too much for my office culture anyway.

But I wanted to share my trains with the people I spend the majority of my life with.  That's the thing about our home layouts.  We are so proud of them but it's sad that so few people get to enjoy them.  If I ever ran into a bunch of money, I'd build my layouts in a public place for everyone to enjoy.  I know you had to compromise on yours and put it in the basement instead of upstairs, which is one more step removed from the public eye.  And it is kind of a shame to hide such a beautiful layout away from the world.  That layout really is on another level.

Can't wait to see your finished project.  Looking very good so far in the short amount of time you've worked on it.  

Almost ready to go.

Loaded the layout in my Ford Escape this morning and had the layout up and running by 7:30am. Will be adding more to it, but it's up!

Looking Good!

Just curious, which PE version is being operated?

Great job Skip

GregM posted:

Looking Good!

Just curious, which PE version is being operated?

 

 

That's the very first Polar Express starter set from 2004.

You did a really good job in a very short amount of time.  Take a picture of the entire thing when you get a chance.  I know the mountain is the most exciting part, but I'd love to see the entirety anyway.

Well done, Skip!

Peter

Great idea! Believe!

Wonderful!

You did a great job on this in such a short amount of time.  I can just imagine your boss coming in (in a suit, of course) and sitting at your table there trying to have a serious meeting.  Also, if your office has a Christmas decorating contest, I think yours won.

Again, great job.

Nice work!

A portable Polar Express office layout. Great idea.

For those with the time, energy and modeling skills, how about Polar Express modular layouts to set up at children's hospitals!

I think the Polar Express article in the magazine is very powerful. It can fire up imaginations in the same way our imaginations were fired up by the great Lionel and American Flyer layouts in the 40s and 50s in the big department stores and other places mentioned in recent posts.