So the Christmas train season has begun. Since most of us are not working today and many of us have a long weekend let's get the pictures started.
For the second year in a row my church has asked me to set up a train to run on a Sunday or two before Christmas. We have 2 trees in the church foyer so I placed a track around each one. I have no intention of leaving nice trains sitting in the foyer unsupervised, I also didn't want to leave the tracks without a train around them. So I have a couple of trains holding the spots until I actually operate them next month.
Under one of the trees is the famous K-Line battery operated O-Gauge train set from several years ago. This is the set I affectionately refer to as the "junk set". These retailed at $29.99 (which means I paid to much). But if someone breaks it steals it at least I won't have to waste the attic space with it anymore.
The other tree is where I placed the Standard Gauge Track I have an old Ives 3235R (Repaint). Somewhere along the way I lost a part of the motor and it doesn't run. I really don't buy a new motor so it is at the church because losing this one would not be that big of a loss. I would love an excuse to buy one of MTH's reproductions of this in the red color. However it is just a place holder right now until I can bring in my Blue Comet, National Limited sets to actually run. It's not a bad looking set.
So Happy Thanksgiving/Chankkah. Let's see your pictures.
Scott Smith