Merry Christmas Everyone,
So, what did you all get?
I got an IHC Southern 4501 DCC ready 2-8-2 (I was waiting for the Blueline, but who cares, I like it), a few sections of EZ-track, and 3pieces of rolling stock, which are 2 Bachmann Southern 40' boxcars and an Athearn Southern 60'flatcar
Not too bad, in fact, I didn't even think I was going to get any of it. On the no-railroad side I got an Ipod Classic 80g and a Digital Camera.
Not too bad.
Cheese
Nick! :)
I got a Nickel Plate 765 2-8-4 from Santa Claus. I also got a Digitrax Zephyr Starter Set from Mom & Dad. I also have been waiting for the Southern 4501 to come out from BLI. I painted a IHC Mike into a Southern 4501 livery. It has since fallen off my train table & is in retirement.
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
I got mine a little early, courtesy of Caboose Hobbies in Denver. A brass PFM Rio Grande L-131 2-8-8-2. Early run, was obviously seldom taken out of the box. A little lubrication, some tweaking and the little devil runs just fine, thank you. As soon as it's properly broken in, I'll take it down to the Deer Creek yards and run it through the paint shop.
Haven't opened the rest of my presents yet, but there's something in a suspicious looking box under the tree that is kind of heavy and doesn't rattle when I shake it. Hm. Do you suppose it's something with lots of wheels encased in foam, LOL?
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
-Morgan
Santa brought me a Genesis SD70MAC in Conrail paint!
Kodak C513 Digital Camera. (WPF's in trouble now!)Nvidia GeForce 256meg 8X AGP Video Card. Tranz runs pretty smooth now!And cash that I used to buy some building kits that I'm waiting on. (Right SteamFreak?)
How did this HAPPEN?
Oh, well... I guess it's the thought that counts...
Lee
(PS: Never let your cat on eBay when he's on his third Martini...)
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
http://precisioncraftmodels.com/PCM---N&W-Y6b-2-8-8-2,-HO-c3143.html
selector wrote: http://precisioncraftmodels.com/PCM---N&W-Y6b-2-8-8-2,-HO-c3143.html
Oooooo!
Walther's Pella station built-up and a BLI SW-7 in the C&S / AT & SF Joint line version of the Burlington switcher scheme.
Mark Gosdin
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Among other nice things, I got the gift that keeps on giving...
...A Mr. Beer Home Brewing Kit!!!
First batch of lager is fermenting as we speak!
Looks like I'm about to embark on yet another lifelong hobby...
Merry Christmas!!!
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
cnwfan51 wrote: After being laid up for nearly 70 days and finally got back to work I didnt get anything but made sure my wife and grandkids got everything they desired ITS ABOUT THE GIVING `Larry
Larry,
Your Christmas Spirit is very admirable. Not many people would be happy just giving and not getting, but you don't seem to mind, and I thinnk we could all take a leaf out of your book. Your sir, are a true gentlemen and I hope God blesses you for your good spirit.
I opened up my T55 ES44AC GE Demonstrator loco this morning, wow what a beauty. I also got 6 Intermountain Sultran Gondola cars and 1 Intermountain Potash car. A few containers and a six pack of coal for my Walthers coal cars. Woohoo!
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
Cheese wrote: On the no-railroad side I got an Ipod Classic 80g and a Digital Camera.
On the no-railroad side I got an Ipod Classic 80g and a Digital Camera.
Well, you can take train photos...... (then post them here....hint hint...)
I got North American Railyards and a video camera.
Just in time for Christmas, Santa brought me the two NY,NH, & H RR hybrid I-5 4-6-4s that I had hinted to BLI about over a year ago.
They are absolutely GORGEOUS.
Strangely, they came in a UPS truck, so he must have been really busy.
Even more strange, they were charged to my credit card.
If I ever get the courage to take them out of the box, I'll post some pix.
Oh well, Merry Christmas from Sunny Scottsdale Arizona, to you lucky guys.
selector wrote:http://precisioncraftmodels.com/PCM---N&W-Y6b-2-8-8-2,-HO-c3143.html
C'mon, you're gonna post pics, right?
Santa brought me 2 BLI Blueline NS SD40-2s, 14 pieces of various rolling stock and the Dave Frary's 4 DVD set on scenery and weathering.
Engineer Jeff NS Nut Visit my layout at: http://www.thebinks.com/trains/
How good do you think it is? Are you as happy as I am with mine?
Congrats on a superb present.
Magnus
I guess you could say that my christmas gift from my wife is that she finally gave the final OK for building a 15*30(around) foot train house on our property. I can't wait until spring to get started. Ofcourse, to afford it I have to build it myself, which is both exciting and a source of anxiety since I never built something like this before!
Two Walthers P2K tank cars along with $250 and an order to spend it all on trains (I love it when my wife bosses me around)!
Rick
wm3798 wrote:What in the HELL?!?! How did this HAPPEN?Oh, well... I guess it's the thought that counts...Lee(PS: Never let your cat on eBay when he's on his third Martini...)
So now we have a clue why you dislike that kittie. Now if it was in something that really existed like
Ooops, a Freudian slip there....
Now that should make you feel better...Merry Christmas Lee
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
I know your wife is glad to be out of the hospital. May next Christmas be a whole lot better for both you and her!
Jarrell
novicerr wrote:I got the wife home from the hospital after 4 weeks due to an auto accident. She still has more surgeries, but at least we are alive and thankful. Merry Christmas all.
An Athearn Conrail Blue Box Sd40-2. Although it isn't as fancy as my other locomotives, I am real excited to have a Blue Box that is no longer in production. My son is young, so Athearns are safer to have around than Blue Lines--I know because he dropped a 15 year + old gp38 blue box Conrail two weeks ago and I was able to put the locomotive together and it looks fine. I had a sd60M proto 2000 days earlier fall off my train table and it is presently smashed to bits in the front and is totally unrunable.