Christmas layouts - post your plans, progress and pics!

[darianj]

Just took my layout down today. It was just the Polar Express set with some extra straight thrown in to give it more surface area away for the tree. With out the extra, the tree pretty much swallowed the whole layout.

Looking here, I did get some great ideas for next season.[tup]

[Anonymous]

How I know why people never want Christmas to end...For the Train Layouts!!!!
Great pics
Thanks[^]

[Anonymous]

I told myself it was just for the holidays... Built November through Christmas 2005. A lionel dealer display inspired layout called the
'Elizabethport Loop Line' (pun intended). I did not finish all of the wiring so I guess I will have to keep it up.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

re-do of first picture

[Anonymous]

First time there's been a train under the tree since I was 8 years old. [:D]























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[Nick12DMC]

Hi All,
Just got back to the UK from Florida. Spent Christmas in the States.
Wanted to make it a super Christmas for my son Charlie (age 7). Santa brought him a
Lionel Santa Fe Fast Freight Set and a few extras. Many thanks to all those who conspired with "Santa" especially the guys and gals at Grzyboski's Trains in Pennsylvania. Can't recommend them highly enough for service and great gift wrapping.

We were staying at the Hilton in Walt Disney World, many thanks to the manager who
let Charlie take over a (large) bit of the lobby mezzanine for Christmas Day to set it up.

This was the first time I had seen a Lionel train in the metal (I had Hornby as a kid).
The quality is top notch, just fantastic stuff!
Nothing quite prepares you for the size of a Lionel train. The first present Charlie
opened was the 2005 Holiday car, his face was a picture as he realised how big just
one box car was!

Have found that we have a Lionel service centre here in the UK so my guess is
the layout will expand around Charlie's Birthday.

Best Regards
Nick

[FJ and G]

In addition to reestablishing my roadbed down to bedrock (it disappeared in the clay); I'm also busy corrugating pop cans for a dog step leading outside from the dog door in the window that will double as a train industry in the toy train garden

[Anonymous]

Hey Dave....neat idea ....can't wait to see a picture.

Think about this today:

"Corrugate...Corrugate....Another Day of Canning"

[dougdagrump]

Ours is still up, including the tree(artificial). We had family coming in from the east so we are having a late Christmas with them. Not that I'm complaining.