WEEKEND PHOTO FUN Christmas Weekend Edition 2016

Some early Christmas pressies from myself.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas all!

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays one and all!

My wife and I took a pleasant drive in the country on Wednesday to see the Bevel's Hardware layout in Blackstone.

More pics later when I'm in a better wifi area.

Peter

An oldie but appropriate.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

We are spending Christmas in NYC. Here are some pics of the last few days.

Mason at Macy's picking up the thanksgiving car.

Grand Central Terminal 

Early Christmas present from GCT

But where to take it for a test run?.....

Many thanks to John S and the NJ-Hi-Railers for allowing Mason to run his new train on their layout. You made his year!

My Wife's Christmas surprise to me, the view from the apartment!

Merry Christmas everyone.

Nick

Building toward memories now complete.  Time to start creating 2016 Christmas layout memories

- walt

Here's a shanty I just build for my own layout. 

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all   

Alex 

Feed water pipe started.

Merry Christmas!

The Tigers and Zebras enjoy a little snowy background setting.

NJCJOE posted:

An oldie but appropriate.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I just love this 408,maybe in 2017 will have a chance to do one,,,,thanks

An old snap but season appropriate.  The engine from the set "Santa" brought to me Christmas 1947.

MERRY  CHRISTMAS!

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HAPPY  CHANUKAH!

Here's an Ives 10E circling the tree in 2014.  My project for this evening will be to get it running again using some parts I picked up at the TCA Fall York meet.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Steven J. Serenska

Wonderful photos everybody!!!  Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!!!

trumptrain posted:

Wonderful photos everybody!!!  Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!!!

Patrick.....great pics today (as are the pics from everyone else).....but a special attaboy for a great article in OGR Run 290!

Peter

For the past several years our church has had a Christmas "Train Tour". Church members who have layouts or even just a circle of track around the tree open their houses to members of the congregation for an afternoon or evening of running trains. The pictures below are from the Pastor's Flyer layout. The children are welcome to run the trains with help from the adults. This is necessary as the layout does have one "suicide crossing" where the trains have a habit of stalling!

Chris

LVHR

Here's more pics from Bevel's Hardware in Blackstone VA:

Don't you love the M1-A2 on the SuperStreets!

Another set to follow.....

Peter

Sunday December 18th, I ventured out to Minersville, PA to witness CNJ #113 take to the mainline pulling Santa Specials from Minersville to Schuylkill Haven and back. The GP30 led the way down to Haven and then 113 had the show the rest of the way up. Here are some pictures and the video from the event: 

I hope each and every one of you have a joyful and blessed Christmas with your families! 

Sincerely,

Here is updated picture's of my mth western maryland hopper.

LOS, really nice pic...

PennsyPride94 posted:

Sunday December 18th, I ventured out to Minersville, PA to witness CNJ #113 take to the mainline pulling Santa Specials from Minersville to Schuylkill Haven and back. The GP30 led the way down to Haven and then 113 had the show the rest of the way up. Here are some pictures and the video from the event: 

I hope each and every one of you have a joyful and blessed Christmas with your families! 

Sincerely,

Great video and pics !

Don

Here's a Hallmark ornament with the hook removed placed in front of a small Plasticville gas station. Merry Christmas!           Azgary

Some random cell shots this week...

Wow great photos all love them.

Have a Merry Christmas everyone trust Santa brings along a few more trains etc. Christmas Morning!

We wrapped up a 4th weekend of the Polar Express last week, all but a memory now. After we had thousands of people through enjoying all the activities and my model trains Christmas village. Kids of all ages love to run with all the controls on the fence 8 of the 14 trains and operate the animated accessories like the Minions gateman, Ice Cream stand, fly Harold, Operate Cranky and push the buttons on the fence for the train sounds. I find it amazing this is different from a regular train show you get a lot more of the older girls attending and amazed how many of the girls aged 10-16 spend for ever trying out every button running the trains for long periods having train races with friends and taking the time to search out all the features in villages?? The little kids of course love it and some stay for long periods. Older boys tend to race a few trains with friends then move on but amazed how the older girls just try everything and are so fascinated with the trains and animation and details!!

What took a long time a week and half to put together for the display came down in a day, the houses snow and figures packed away till next year. The trains and Christmas theme freight cars back on the shelves at home.

Enjoy a few more photos of the layout and photos around the park mountains towards Whistler in view here. Great event the Polar Express at our railway museum.

An old favorite:

And because it wouldn't beChristmas without the Santa Fe, here, about 20 years before, BNSF 7776's ancestor, a brand new Dash 8-40BW, seen near the same location:

Merry Christmas,

RM

More Bevel's pics(the last set):

Thanks for looking...Blackstone is a quaint little town, about a hour southwest of Richmond.

Peter

Putnam Division posted:

Here's more pics from Bevel's Hardware in Blackstone VA:

Don't you love the M1-A2 on the SuperStreets!

Another set to follow.....

Peter

That's cool, wonder how they converted it.  Pretty impressive layouts

Merry Christmas from Finland.

Christopher2035 posted:

I hope everyone has a great Christmas / Hanukkah !!

I purchased a pair of MTH Budd cars about a month ago with the intention of redoing them for the CNJ. Finally got around to prepping them yesterday. Instead of repainting the whole shell , I used Mr Clean magic eraser to remove the lettering with no damage to the paint. Now to order the decals





Picked up another timetable for the train room - NY&LB from 1953

 

Here ya go
https://steves3roscale.shutterfly.com/pictures/11862

Contact RMT Walter. He should have the CNJ DECALS. I did up a bunch of these for him.

Good choice on Mr. Clean. I see you learned well.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Welcome to the Big Apple Nick!  Mason seems to be enjoying his holiday.  Those fellows down in Patterson are one really nice bunch of guys.  They've got a great layout to play with and they really like to share it.

My Hallmark train collection 

Real train action on 12-23-16