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Train-themed gift
Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Friday, December 17, 2004 7:54 AM
This question refers to either locomotives/rolling stock/etc or train-related items (calendars, clocks, etc).

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Posted by vsmith on Friday, December 17, 2004 10:08 AM
No, I buy enough train stuff thru the year, Xmas is time to do things for other members of the family, and none of them do the train thing![8D]

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Posted by Rastun on Friday, December 17, 2004 1:38 PM
No, for me also I'm pretty much the only one in my family with this affliction.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 17, 2004 5:11 PM
Yes I will be giving away train related presents this year . My brother-in-law's son Jacob has a Lionel 6x12 railroad in his basement that I built for him . He's gonna have a REAL great Christmass cuz his dad got him 4 new loco's . Jacob is 6 years old and is real good with his trains . I think he is hooked for live on railroading . When the family comes over here he runs my garden trains with me.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 17, 2004 8:17 PM
I said yes but for me, I 'm the only one who'ed get it right. That and I'm always self (concious(spell) of asking anybody for anything that invloves more than $ 30.00 or so.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 17, 2004 8:21 PM
No let the bastards get their own

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:58 AM
I
always add to my grandchildrens layout at this special time of the year.
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Posted by SandyR on Sunday, December 19, 2004 12:18 PM
I'm making a crossbuck sign for a friend of mine. Six feet high. It's in the midst of three coats of paint right now, and still needs to have the lettering stencilled on. He doesn't go online, so I'm not giving the game away!
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Posted by Marty Cozad on Sunday, December 19, 2004 1:25 PM
I had to vote ,,NO, after all these years the family is pretty tired of "trains" living around me. But maybe someday when the boys get older they'll get back into it.

Is it REAL? or Just 1:29 scale?

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Posted by bman36 on Sunday, December 19, 2004 3:31 PM
Hey everyone,
This year I said to the wife "How about a card with cash!" That way we can get each other what we really want....by picking it ourselves. Hee hee. This year we get to give each other a new furnace! How exciting eh??? Oh well, the gas co. says our old one has to go! Better safe and merry than cold and crabby. Later eh...Brian.
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Posted by vsmith on Monday, December 20, 2004 10:01 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

No, I buy enough train stuff thru the year, Xmas is time to do things for other members of the family, and none of them do the train thing![8D]


Well I knew this would happen, while Xmas shopping this weekend I picked up a battery operated Thomas the Tank Engine set for one of my nieces kids, so disregard the above and change my vote to Yes....[:p]

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 10:39 AM
My mother, grandfather and other relatives are fond of giving me money for Christmas to purchase my own gift, thus I will be purchasing some railroad related items for myself.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 1:28 PM
Hello all,
I can't afford to buy train related gifts for myself let alone others.However,I do try and build something for my Dad.Usually something he likes and can't buy.here is this years effort,based on one he used to own.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 1:34 PM
I have so many trains [in G and N] I have been asked to give it a break!
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Posted by smcgill on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:47 AM
I said yes but it's no!
I bought my buddy a work bench so he could work on his trains!

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 9:51 AM
I got a MOW snowplow Train![8D]

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