Trains in your stocking?

[CP5415]

QUOTE: Originally posted by bnnnboy

Well, I didn't get anithing in my stocking, but I did get an airbrush compressor, a DH123AT decoder a small structure and some long awaited rocket motors. Pics soon to come.
Reed

Rocket powered ho scale trains? wow, what will they think of next?

Gordon

[fiatfan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CP5415

QUOTE: Originally posted by bnnnboy

Well, I didn't get anithing in my stocking, but I did get an airbrush compressor, a DH123AT decoder a small structure and some long awaited rocket motors. Pics soon to come.
Reed

Rocket powered ho scale trains? wow, what will they think of next?

Gordon

CP - you beat me to it! I can't wait to see pictures, maybe even a video! [:D]

Tom

[jdamelio]

I received a book from my wife. Depot Days, by H. A. (Al) Stimson, from 1972. Apparently his father was an agent for the CN&W and NP in SD, then the author also worked for the RR. Apparently ending his career with FEC in Lake Worth. Should be interesting.

Jeff
RCT&HS 1628
Modeling Doylestown to the Terminal, if only in my head!

[MisterBeasley]

I'm just getting back into this after a 30+ year absence. I got a couple of Woodland Scenics "Learning Kits" to play with scenery techniques. (I selected them, I paid for them and I put them under the tree. However, the wife did point me to the hobby shop I never knew existed. I think the exact directions to the shop were "it's over by Linens and Things." I found it anyway.)

[Anonymous]

I got 2 books on Lionel Trains, Pentrex's Big Boy Collection DVD, and $100.00 in LHS gift certificates.

[ben10ben]

I ended up getting an Atlas 36' woodsided reefer, a couple of Weaver cars, a subscription to Classic Toy Trains, enough money to buy some pretty decent train stuff[:)].

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by fiatfan

QUOTE: Originally posted by CP5415

QUOTE: Originally posted by bnnnboy

Well, I didn't get anithing in my stocking, but I did get an airbrush compressor, a DH123AT decoder a small structure and some long awaited rocket motors. Pics soon to come.
Reed

Rocket powered ho scale trains? wow, what will they think of next?

Gordon

CP - you beat me to it! I can't wait to see pictures, maybe even a video! [:D]

Tom

I hate to burst your bubble, but those engines are for my rocket[:D]: http://community.webshots.com/photo/149374218/237037592KKNTFk
Reed

[PistolPete]

Nothing in my stocking, but UPS dropped off a good load of flex track, some turnouts, and a new tech 4 260. Now maybe for my birthday on 1/6 I can order some more stuff.

[twhite]

QUOTE: Originally posted by railguyho

well i bought myself the Lionel gas turbine early present/ wanted a P2K 2-8-8-2 but got 2 bli PRR,M1s,not delivered yet. instead That fifth of segrams I left out for Santa must of worked.Happy Holidays. Terry

As the proud owner of 2 BLI M1's myself, I think it should be required that all M1's come in pairs. They look so darned NIFTY double-headed! Enjoy, you'll love them.
Tom [}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)]

[Anonymous]

Lets see....

I got 2 Atlas UP GP-38's (the old master release from several years ago), a set of 4 intermountain MKT 3 bay covered hoppers, a set of 3 walthers GRR ortner hoppers, a pack of Kadee 5's, a pack of intermountain wheelsets and $110 dollars of gift certificates to my LHS!!! Cant wait to get to the store!

David

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite

QUOTE: Originally posted by railguyho

well i bought myself the Lionel gas turbine early present/ wanted a P2K 2-8-8-2 but got 2 bli PRR,M1s,not delivered yet. instead That fifth of segrams I left out for Santa must of worked.Happy Holidays. Terry

As the proud owner of 2 BLI M1's myself, I think it should be required that all M1's come in pairs. They look so darned NIFTY double-headed! Enjoy, you'll love them.
Tom [}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)]

I am hoping my new J1 will have a operating kaydee on the front to double with the M1a. I may have some pics soon.

[twhite]

QUOTE: Originally posted by HighIron2003ar

QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite

QUOTE: Originally posted by railguyho

well i bought myself the Lionel gas turbine early present/ wanted a P2K 2-8-8-2 but got 2 bli PRR,M1s,not delivered yet. instead That fifth of segrams I left out for Santa must of worked.Happy Holidays. Terry

As the proud owner of 2 BLI M1's myself, I think it should be required that all M1's come in pairs. They look so darned NIFTY double-headed! Enjoy, you'll love them.
Tom [}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)]

Sorry, it doesn't. But the dummy will couple with the Kadee on the tender of the M-1, and you can have a Pennsy TRIPLE header! I did it, and it was almost too much for the old ticker, it looked so spectacular. And talk about NOISY!!!
Tom [}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)]

I am hoping my new J1 will have a operating kaydee on the front to double with the M1a. I may have some pics soon.

[Anonymous]

Ah I can just imagine Pair of M1s J1 and a K4 pulling the Broadway Limited heavys at about 60 or so what a sight and all that glourious noise,especially when you lay down on those wonderfull sounding Pennsy whistles.[8D]

[Anonymous]

I got the Athearn 25th Anniversary GP38-2 and caboose special edition painted in the Athearn blue and yellow paint,along with a vast assortment of MDC (Roundhouse ) freight cars.Among them are the Roundhouse red covered hopper and the 60th Anniversary box car,Borax covered hopper,Jack Frost cane sugar covered hopper,a few boxcars,a Tyco mint condition GP20 in the BN paint scheme,a Walthers 3-pack of the Staley tank cars in 30,40 and 50 foot series,as well as some old Athearn semi truck kits.

[jspinner]

Got two each of the following:









Happy Holidays
jspinner

[cwclark]

Santa was real good to me....got a lot of walthers buildings, some model power kits, and some Atlas rolling stock....it was a great christmas this year!

[ksax73]

Heh!

Lets just say that I'm not putting thought into MY gifts anymore, lol.

None of my gifts (from my parents anyway) are even "practical". I still got clothes and stuff from last Christmas that I haven't worn yet and I got even more this year. On top of that, I don't even have space for it.

I could go on but this is a train forum so...............

..................Just figured I'd vent (UUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[FThunder11]

I got an HO scale P42 Amtrak Phase 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I showed my dad exactly what it was the exact one at the hobby store

[BNSFNUT]

All santa gave me was a bag of scale coal and it was the wrong scale[:(]

[Anonymous]

For my HO trains I got some scenery materials for the layout and an unloading gondola. [:)]

For my Leggo trains ( wich my wife prefers) I got a passenger car, a caboose, a Super Chief diesel, and some track . [:)]

[PennsyHoosier]

No trains in the stocking this year. But LOTS of books. Spent the last couple of days reading The PRR in Indiana. Very interesting.

[Anonymous]

Ditto; no trains, but I did get a book on the history of the Santa Fe with bunches of great pictures (thanks, honey! [angel]).

[RMax1]

For the last few years I have asked for trees. This year I got the universal gift card to go shopping and Hobby Lobby has their annual train sale the week after Christmas. I now have 134 new trees and other goodies for the new year to keep me busy. I also got 2 TCS decoders for my Amtrak E8 A/B. All in all a very good train Christmas.

RMax

[JPowell]

Well, the 'wishlist' contained a barstool for the e/c/o/o (Engineer/Conductor/Owner/Operator) aka me,
a Dremmel, and GC's to my favorite LHS. Received was a 29" barstool, about 2 weeks early as CFO (wife) said it was too big to wrap and hide, a Dremmel AND Accessory Kit ( note that accessory kit not on 'wishlist), 1 $50 gc to my fav LHS, and a 3-in-1 Lexmark 5150M Printer/Copier/Scanner so I can make 'mock-up's'. I think the Jolly ole Elf was much too kind to me this year!
JP

[simon1966]

I got a BLI E unit Wabash flavored. I purchased it off e-bay, wrapped it and secretly added it to the pile. At least I got something I wanted that way!

[Roadtrp]

I received a P2K C424/425 Burlington Northern.



[tup] [:)]

[bpickering]

All of my stuff was gotten for myself, but heck, I was a good boy last year, wasn't I? [}:)] Mixed results, even so...

- Lionell Veranda Turbine- whoo boy! Problem is, it was DOA. LHS said 2-3 weeks before Lionel would replace/fix/whatever. [V]
- Digitrax Super Empire Builder- currently reading through the manual, but want to get the track on the portable layout laid/wired well before I dig in and install. Plus, need to get a more basic throttle (like UT1/UT2) for the 3-year-old co-engineer- even I'm a little intimidated by the included monster throttle. [:o)]
- Bachmann 2-6-2 Prairie- mostly for the co-engineer to enjoy watching connecting rods and valve gear running. Unfortunately, this was DOA as well [:O]- buzzes but won't move. Looks properly quartered, so I've got to decide between possibly voiding the warranty and digging inside to look for problems, or sending it back to Bachmann (got via mail order, unfortunately, so can't just take it back easily.)
- Atlas H16-44 w/ DCC- as mentioned, don't have the DCC hooked up yet, but this worked VERY nicely last night as the "First Train" on the new portable layout.

Brian Pickering

[CBQ_Guy]

The family knows better than to try and guess what I want for the layout (though a gift certificate from the LHS is always appropriate). So I went last week and picked myself up a CF7 (love that funky look!) and several pieces of rolling stock...I played my own Santa Dude!

My daughter did pick me up Sam Posey's new book, though, "Playing With Trains".

[leighant]

My wife gave me a railroad-style pocket watch on a chain--I am always breaking the watchband on my El Cheapo wristwatches. And she scratchbuilt me a train-theme book bag to carry to books to graduate school. Has squares all over the outside with pictures of historic locomotives, and the inside lining is fabric printed with railroad tracks!

[darth9x9]

I received trains out the wazoo this year! The key to my success was well planned and supported by my significant other. I usually visit my main LHS 3 or 4 times a year. As I order things, they put them on a shelf for me and hold them until I get a chance to run down there (or in the case today - I really wanted to be one of the first to have something - see this post at: http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=27202). So anyway, I let my orders pile up and made a very large purchase before Thanksgiving. I inventoried everything and then the wife took control of it all and 'hid' it all from me. Then as family members asked what should they get me for Christmas, she would show them the stash and let them buy them from her. They would take them home, wrap them, and them give them to me. I have one more family function to attend this weekend where I will receive more of my pre-selected goodies. After that, the wife will let me have what's did get purchased by the family. Even my in-laws think this is a great idea as they know they are getting me rolling stock or vehicles that I will actually use on my layout. The money the wofe collected all goes toward the credit card used to make the initial purchase. Life is great!!!