What Does Santa Do in the Off Season? 9/5/24 Update

That's going to be a first rate Santa Land, Peter!!  The Santa Sleigh is an ingenious reuse of old stuff!  Leave it to Santa!  Even better is getting the chance to sit with him and tell him your list. 

@Mark Boyce posted:

That's going to be a first rate Santa Land, Peter!!  The Santa Sleigh is an ingenious reuse of old stuff!  Leave it to Santa!  Even better is getting the chance to sit with him and tell him your list. 

Thank you, Mark.......Next is red spray painting.....and a ramp for wheelchairs.....

Peter

I always knew Santa liked trains.....😆

Impessive!  Your local community is lucky to have the River City 3 Railers do this project!  I love that wood floor!  People pay good money for that kind of floor!

@DL Brunette posted:

Impessive!  Your local community is lucky to have the River City 3 Railers do this project!  I love that wood floor!  People pay good money for that kind of floor!

Thank you! We salvaged the wood from the steam engine!

Peter

Just went back through the pix again.

Haven't seen an Electrolux vacuum in a long time. 😆

@RSJB18 posted:

Just went back through the pix again.

Haven't seen an Electrolux vacuum in a long time. 😆

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@RSJB18 posted:

Just went back through the pix again.

Haven't seen an Electrolux vacuum in a long time. 😆

Tom is building a control panel next to his seat. There will be an on/off button that turns the vacuum on/off. It will be behind the seat and provide “thrust” to escape the earth’s gravitational field…….

Peter

@Putnam Division posted:

Tom is building a control panel next to his seat. There will be an on/off button that turns the vacuum on/off. It will be behind the seat and provide “thrust” to escape the earth’s gravitational field…….

Peter

Woah!!  I always wondered how Santa did it.  Those reindeer can’t possibly do it all but themselves!

A very nice sleigh Peter. Good thing Santa doesn't stop working.

Cuts the lawn and BBQ's!

Great project @Putnam Division; thanks for the progress photos.

Condolences to RC3R on the loss of the store front.

Work on Santa’s sleigh continues…….

Peter

Rudolph's red nose under the sleigh????

That's a deluxe sleigh, looks like fine furniture!

Peter,

Your community is very fortunate to have good people such as yourself and the 3railers club.

Rick

First Class all the way!  The light is way over the top or is it way under the bottom? Really cool!

Landing lights?

@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

Landing lights?

That’s my guess, though I couldn’t resist the Rudolf comment 😄

Sorry to hear you're losing your modular store front. But you guys sure figure out how to do neat stuff with trains. If any of the train manufacturers were smart, they'd give you some support and get you to give out catalogs of starter sets. If they still make catalogs of starter sets.

Gerry

Peter,

That's a wonderful project!  Well done!! 

And I'm glad to see that you're keeping Santa out of the bars and strip joints, too. 

Oh, did I say that out loud? 

George

Well done.  I don't know how I originally missed this thread but I'm glad I found it.  I'm a big believer in the "Big Guy".  Looks like you guys will make it to the nice list for sure!

Let me volunteer the deer in my yard. You would have to come and wrangle them yourself.        j

What better way to re-purpose a sleigh bed!  Santa looks awfully familiar.

The sleigh is pretty heavy. Right now I am looking at CV's of reindeer candidates to increase the number to 16.....

Peter   

@Putnam Division posted:

The sleigh is pretty heavy. Right now I am looking at CV's of reindeer candidates to increase the number to 16.....

Peter   

..........going forward ......I'm not sure in the OFF SEASON  I could handle SANTA in a speedo.

Santa is done and ready for the season…..Tom does amazing work!

I just had to update my list with Santa……

Peter

Reindeer?

I bet it weighs 300 lbs. It will probably stay with Santa Land.

Tom did do a great job!  I’m with jpc it looks quite heavy.

@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

Reindeer?

I have 22 reindeer resume’s for 16 slots.........we may need two teams (since it is so heavy) or one expanded team of 16 to give them all a break.....

Peter

@Putnam Division posted:

I have 22 reindeer resume’s for 16 slots.........we may need two teams (since it is so heavy) or one expanded team of 16 to give them all a break.....

Peter

Well, it has to be heavy to hold up to all the stress of carrying so many toys, and Santa too!

Gentlemen, what you are doing for the community is great! Very generous contributions of talent and time by all of you!

Play with his toy. Sorry,  I meant toy's.

@Putnam Division posted:

I have 22 reindeer resume’s for 16 slots.........we may need two teams (since it is so heavy) or one expanded team of 16 to give them all a break.....

Maybe just motorize -- perhaps a blown hemi -- instead of the traditional reindeer? It's hard to get good tundra moss this time of year, and *expensive*, what with Holidayflation and all . . .

Here are the latest pictures from Tom.....I mean Gilly......I mean Santa..... I think all will agree that Tom really outdid himself in both plan and its execution!

Right before Santa Land opens, we'll set up our two small layouts, flanking the path to Santa.....

Peter

What is the vacuum cleaner for?  Extra power for takeoffs?  That is a really neat sleigh - can't wait to see it with Santa driving. 

@ScoutingDad posted:

What is the vacuum cleaner for?  Extra power for takeoffs?  That is a really neat sleigh - can't wait to see it with Santa driving.

He uses that to escape the earth’s gravitational pull……

Peter

Santa eats ice cream milk n cookies.

Alan