BATMAN I trimmed off a few of the lower branches for a better view of the train.
I trimmed off a few of the lower branches for a better view of the train.
What is the date that photo was taken? Now tell the truth or shens!
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
I admit I've been lazy most years and haven't put a train around the tree, although a few times I've set up an HO train. Now for the past 4 years, my wife and have a cat so I would need a cat resistant train, which probably means Lionel or G scale, which I don't have at present.
Well, I do have one Lionel Hudson steam engine and tender that I got for Christmas at age 4 back in 1963. It has not been run probably since the 1970's and being that I was curious as a kid and liked to take things apart, the whistle in the tender is gone, and the steam engine is missing the pilot wheel set and it's looking pretty ragged. Basically it needs restoration.
I hesitate to buy one of those large scale Christmas trains because they look so "cheap", but might consider a Bachmann G scale. It's a conundrum but with a cat, I think something large would be harder for the cat to derail. Anything smaller and lighter probably is an exercise in futility.
Cat owners, what do you recommend? Being I just moved house, not sure if a train will happen this year but it's on the to-do list.
riogrande5761Cat owners, what do you recommend?
When I was a kid we had slot cars which were on the floor and we played a little cat and mouse game of trying to drive past the cat before he could attack. Cats are usually only interested in objects when they are in motion.
riogrande5761 BATMAN I trimmed off a few of the lower branches for a better view of the train. What is the date that photo was taken? Now tell the truth or shens!
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Lionel trains are assigne to Christmas tree duty, and they do entertain cats.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Here's a Christmas coffee table layout I did 10 years ago...roughly 3.5' square, I used some Department 56 North Pole series "structures", a Bachmann ON30 0-4-0 Porter some 4-wheel Boulder Valley carriages. Foam based, Peco ON30 track and turnouts. It lasted a couple of years before we remodeled the living room and didn't have room for a coffee table any more.
My daughter made me glue all the branches back on!
For the first time the old reliable Bachman O gauge has been put up in favor of the LEGO Holiday train which runs on batteries. This makes my two granddaughters totally ecstatic and of course drives the dog nutz. Y’all Have a Happy, healthy and prosperous holiday season.
BobL609LEGO Holiday train
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This cute Christmas Train was on the Florida Lego Railroaders layout in the Tampa Train show today.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
That be the one....cute huh.
I use to run 0-27 old Marx tinplate but it was so loud I gave all the Marx stuff to a nephew for his young boy. It did not take much speed to topple those 0-4-0 metal engines.
Also gave him my 1970’s plastic Lionel 0-27. He is having a great time.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
OK, so, my first train around the tree was a Marx Santa Fe set, from my dad, who died when I was 7.
My current Christmas train, a Hawthorne Village thing, Green Bay Packer train, does not run around the tree, but on a seperate table.
I'll be setting it up this coming Christmas (2018), but here are a few pictures from previous times.
My You Tube
Technically last year's, but not much has changed.