Time to roll out our Christmas Trains....

@Mike H Mottler posted:

Our Christmas tree is host to a carpet layout based on the "Christmas Wreath" track plan with two spur sidings added. Three THOMAS-series trains are ready to run: Thomas, James, and Percy. Each train includes a new loco-matching boxcar plus their  standard freight cars.  Our three great-grandkids know how to use the loco-matched hand-held controllers to run the trains along the Fasttrack railroad. Pix attached.

By intention, it's not a fancy layout. I consider it an "encore" railroad to my much larger home layout in the Train Room - a 15x19-feet L-shaped layout with trains, buildings, action accessories, figures, and automobiles.

Santa knows Christmas and toy trains go together like cookies and hot chocolate.

Mike M.   LCCA 12394

Nice, Berber Carpet is perfect for on the floor layouts! And who doesn't like Thomas the train and gang! :-)

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

The Xmas tree is up for 2021. After I added the expansions, the layout needs a new skirt, so the wife wanted to participate in Model Railroading and is working on that, should be done soon. :-) And I need to get to work on the scenery for the expansions!

Put on the new skirt that my lovely wife made, it looks great IMO! Daytime shot so it can be seen in all it's splendor. :-)

Scott, that really looks great,  she did a first class job.  Will she consider taking orders ?

My Christmas train consist of custom loads that I have put together over the past few years.  I've added 4 new ones this year.   I'll have it running at our annual Christmas display ( except for last year)  in the Museum of Science and History in Jacksonville, Fl.  Our table display is approx.. 26'x 32'.

Our club is The Jacksonville Toy Train Collectors.

The 21st running of my tree layout. I am recovering from recent surgery, so my oldest son handled the layout this year. I didn’t want to stand there barking orders at him, so I let him do his own thing. Mostly happy, but I did tell him I was a little surprised the Christmas tree lot ran out of trees 3 weeks before Christmas.

this year’s layout:

Built a custom Christmas 4’x6’ layout for my father-in-law, but keeping that under wraps for submission to OGRR mag!

Here’s our tree on a 4’x4’ table to keep it up away from the dog.  O31 inside with a mishmash of set pieces (Black River Freight, Great Western, and a lighted caboose from the 50’s).  O42 outside with LCCA table prize (2013 registration loco) pulling a couple MTH RailKing Christmas cars.  Fun thread!

Polar Express and MTH Nativity train with Lionel Elf cart for 2021.      The Santa Factory building is the 10 th  structure for the layout Judy has made from yarn  .

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE 😉

We are not finished decorating the Christmas tree and the layout, but this is what we have so far. The layout is a 1950’s style layout, and I am running my first train set which I received from “Santa Claus” in 1956. It’s the 1615 switcher with wheel car, crane car, and work caboose. Merry Christmas!!!

Thought l might roll out a couple Christmas trains in S gauge.

Ray

This is our typical Christmas layout in the Living Room and now the Dining Room. These rooms are still functional, you just have to be careful where you step this time of the year.

Thanks;

idea-thinker

For all you people with no snow, Santa and Rudolf are bringing your presents in his hot air balloon...Gently floating over your Christmas  layouts.

More video.....

Enjoy!

Peter

Christmas on the layout 2021🎅🏻🎄

Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, the stock Polar Express replaces the Santa Fe Super Chief in the village.

Our Christmas video is now up.  You can find it here https://youtu.be/l-GYYrCw9mY

Jacksonville Toy Train Collectors setting up our 18 X 32' Christmas table layout in The Museum of Science & History.

This will be our 8th year displaying here.

2nd day pictures.

3rd. Day

Notice the carnival in on the back table.

If anyone is in the Jacksonville area come and visit us.  We're there starting tomorrow Sun.17th.  through Monday 27th.  ( Closed 24th & 25th.)

Doug

Check out my Christmas layout I had set up for this year!

Also, feel free to watch this year's Holiday video greeting card that my brother filmed and edited.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiP3jsMKxbo

With the PE Berkshire in the shop, UP Big Boy #4006 has taken over pulling the Polar Express!

Happy Holidays!

I didn't set up the trains last year....covid...... so first I had to clean two year old crud off the FT.

With some help from a friend, order has been restored to the universe. 👍👍

Merry Christmas 🎅🎅🎅

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

I didn't set up the trains last year....covid...... so first I had to clean two year old crud off the FT.

With some help from a friend, order has been restored to the universe. 👍👍

Merry Christmas 🎅🎅🎅

Bob

Hi Bob, PE around the tree, nice! I'll bet your fury friend was just a lot of help! Cats, they don't like it when you're doing stuff and get right in the middle of it, then when you pay attention to them they put their tail straight up and walk off!

@idea-thinker posted:

This is our typical Christmas layout in the Living Room and now the Dining Room. These rooms are still functional, you just have to be careful where you step this time of the year.

Thanks;

idea-thinker

Gonna show this to my wife so she thinks I’m normal.

LOL.

Here is this year’s. We expanded the Christmas village, added a new locomotive and some rolling stock. My kids call the far side of the layout on the floor the “sad side of town.”

All looking very good!  Merry Christmas everyone!

Think the best purchase I made for this year's Christmas trains was a set of contractor's knee pads to wear while crawling around on wood floors setting things up!

Added a couple things and changed up the consists here and there this Christmas. Already trying to figure if I can somehow expand next year…

redrockbill

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve had a floor set up, at 77 it was a bit of a challenge, but a lot of fun. Merry Christmas Everyone…

Under the big tree in the living room for 2021:  Standard Gauge.  The first train to run this season was Flyer:

Looks like the train crew forgot to latch the door on the stock car.  I hope our Christmas Eve "Roast Beast" didn't escape!

Great pictures everyone! Working on my layout, hoping to have one track running by Christmas so I can run my Polar Express set.

@redrockbill posted:

Think the best purchase I made for this year's Christmas trains was a set of contractor's knee pads to wear while crawling around on wood floors setting things up!

Added a couple things and changed up the consists here and there this Christmas. Already trying to figure if I can somehow expand next

Yup......" contractor's  knee  pads " 

Trying to figure out if you can somehow EXPAND next year ???

@palallin posted:

Looks like the train crew forgot to latch the door on the stock car.  I hope our Christmas Eve "Roast Beast" didn't escape!

Now I've seen Christmas TURKEY .......and Christmas HAM...........but really....... Christmas Eve ROAST  BEEF  ? 

............sounds really GOOD ! 

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Now I've seen Christmas TURKEY .......and Christmas HAM...........but really....... Christmas Eve ROAST  BEEF  ? 

............sounds really GOOD !

The Grinch:  "Then the Whos, young and old, will sit down to a feast. And they'll feast, and they'll feast. And they'll feast, feast, feast, feast! They'll feast on Who pudding and rare Who roast beast. Aw, roast beast is a feast I can't stand in the least!"

For many years, the tradition in our house has been to have a Christmas Eve Fest of Roast Beast (Beef), Hashbrowns, and Chocolate Who Pudding while watching the How the Grinch Stole Christmas Special Edition before going to services at church.

(On Christmas Day, we have either Duck and Turkey [odd years] or Lasagna [even years].)

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Yup......" contractor's  knee  pads "

Trying to figure out if you can somehow EXPAND next year ???

Dallas, I keep looking at this and thinking, "Look at all that available space!" Needless to say, the Director of Decor in the house has final say and she has yet to be consulted…

redrockbill

@redrockbill posted:

Dallas, I keep looking at this and thinking, "Look at all that available space!" Needless to say, the Director of Decor in the house has final say and she has yet to be consulted…

redrockbill

I believe what happens in the home........ stays in the home..........however....

.........is there room for a second layer , maybe with just open trestles around the frontal areas allowing for a view of the lower action also ? 🤔

Here are a few short videos from the layout. Plus Gunner checking out the train.Merry Christmas

My contribution,

Merry Christmas

Christmas Layout 2021.

@boomer0622 posted:

Scott, that really looks great,  she did a first class job.  Will she consider taking orders ?

Boomer0622, I showed your reply to my wife and she loved the Kudos, but making even 1 more isn’t in the cards. I was surprised she found the time to make ours! My wife says thanks! :-)

64 x 14 feet set up 12 trains running a the North Pole Express at Railway Museum of British Columbia. It took me 2 weeks to set up, it ran 4 weekends. Had the 2 Bluetooth LionChief engines on one end with instructions for folks to download the LionChief app to run these trains. The last part of the video shows a train that goes in a tunnel under a snow covered mountain and large village on top. The train you expect to come out of the other side of the mountain but it disappears for a while you can see behind where it does a loop before it comes out. The kids loved this feature! Often trying to look in the tunnel trying to figure out where the train had gone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP1xSF42om0

On the ceiling shelf this year...

...but there's Red & Green for Christmas