ModelRailroader.com Reader Poll - December 4, 2003

[GRR7315]

Oh yes, MTH AMTRAK Superliner's - will reflect on this past summer's trip from HARRIS PA to FLAGSTAFF AZ thur CHICAGO. Outdoor as well, G Gauge year 'rnd,
0 temp or 12" of snow - no problem, only if windy!!!!! up to 3-4" with train snowplow;
12" or more = I am the snowplow with a shovel and feet walking the rail!!! the eve's 8am-12midnight; Christmas Day & New Year's Day 8am-12midnight as well. Live Steam sometimes, just steamup Ruby 'In The House' - on rare occasions.

[Anonymous]

Won't be under the Christmas tree, but will now be part of an 1890's Christmas scene that my wife puts up every year. Only problem is that I model HO, and the figures and houses are about 25% larger than O scale, so it looks like a 'park' type railroad for kids to ride.

[CNJ831]

While I'm a dyed-in-the-wool HO modeler, there'll be a classic 1950's-style, 5x9 foot, detailed Lionel layout, complete with operating accessories, under my tree - just as there has been for 20 years now. My kids loved it and now my grand kids do too.

JB

[Anonymous]

Couldn't quite fit it under the tree but I have an 8'X7'9" layout in the living room cantilevered over the stairs to the family room (I have a raised ranch) I'm running Lionel, K-Line and MTH trains showcasing a 305 Hellgate bridge and Dept 56 knockoff ceramic village. Been working on it since the weekend before thanksgiving and should be finished by the weekend.

[Anonymous]

I SURE WILL HAVE A TRAIN UNDER MY TREE THIS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR. THATS HOW I GOT MY FIRST TRAIN 44 YEARS AGO, UNDER THE TREE. AND OUR DOG DOESNT BOTHER THE TRAIN , IN FACT HE STAYS AWAY FROM IT WHEN IT IS RUNNING.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL AND HAPPY RAILROADING.

COWGUY1952

[Anonymous]

I bought a Bachmann G scale train featuring a 4-6-0 Mogul with sound and smoke back in '98 and it has been going around our tree ever since then. It even spent three years in Germany doing it's Christmas duty.

[Anonymous]

Every year. The grandchildren love it.

[Anonymous]

I'm 65 years old,and have had an electric train under my tree since I was 7 months old.I will have the G scale Polar Express this year,but still have all my original lionel trains.

[Anonymous]

Well bah, humbug to anybody without a train under the tree. How can you have a Christmas tree without one? Didn't most us find our first train under the tree?

I have a 15 month old granddaughter and a dog. And I'll have a train. Just means I may switch from O and N gauge to Standard gauge. Lionel built them to last back then. And they're too heavy to pick up, to big to taste.What a deal!!!

[simisal]

Yes, I have a G Scale Christmas train from New Brite Ind. running under the tree.
Chuck

[IRONROOSTER]

My wife just got a new puppy and she chews everything. So I'll probably pass on putting it around the tree.
Enjoy
Paul

[Anonymous]

[:(]I've got too much OTHER stuff beneath and along side the tree to have room for a train. My dog's already wreaking havoc with the ornaments, yet another reason to skip the train setup this year.

[Anonymous]

I've got a battery opperated G scale steam set........

[michaelstevens]

Yes, because the tree will be on the ground floor and the trains are in the basement, "beneath" !

[Bergie]

Will you have a model train running under your Christmas tree this year? Please vote then share your comments below.

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