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[Anonymous]

By all means yes, since my father bought my first Lionel pre-war train, and now I chose which pre-war trains from my collection as to what goes under the tree. Many of them over 70 years old, some professionaly restored to original colors, but the majority untouched and all running. So, one month under the tree and eleven months running in the playroom on the floor to my dear wife's consternation,but always , give's in when she finds me on the floor watching my favorite Lionel roar around the track and that boyish grin that she reminds me of, all of the time (at 66, wow) . And then all this in time will be passed on to my only son to continue the tradition if he so pleases.

Bill C.

[CSXrules4eva]

Well. .. . . I would like to put a train set around the tree for the holidays but, I always find I don't have the time to do it. Since, I'm busy getting the 9ft tree in the house together, then the outside decerations on a 20ft tree and another old great oak, which is about 25ft, I really am exhausted w/ Christmas decerations, even though I use a pole. Then w/ that comes the Christmas/Hannakua shopping w/ all it's long lines, then comes sending out the cards and wut not.

[Anonymous]

Forty years ago it would be one or two loops of HO track with a couple of switches. Time takes its toll on knees and eye sight so now it's a loop of LGB track around the tree with a longer loop around sofas or whatever plus alternate routes when available. The tree gets a different setup site each year and so the track arrangement varies as well.
Art

[Anonymous]

I put my g guage train under the tree each year.

[GerFust]

We have a battery operated unit with plastic rails that usually goes around the tree. In the past, and again this year, it has made its way to a spare dining room table pushed off in the corner. My wife suggested that this year my daughter will have it as part of her Polly Pocket (dolls) holiday scene. This could be interesting.

-Jer

[LackawannaLen]

Actually, I do both. A Santa Fe O gauge Lionel streamliner set from the late 50's under the tree and my HO Layout year round with half of it a winter cityscape with Dept.56, Lemax, and other collectible buildings and narrow gauge O running on the tracks for the Holiday season. The other half is a work in progress - the former EL mainline through Dover NJ - not with ceramic houses.

[Trainsorbust]

I always put a christmas train the christmas tree at my grandpa's house, until the presents burry it.

[Anonymous]

I've built a small platform for the tree stand to raise it up to allow soume buidings under the tree. It also allows more room for the presents. A small HO track around the works with an old steamer and small lighted passenger cars running slowly around finishes the scene.

Mark in Utah

P.S. I use those ceramic village buildings that are more O scale, but look cool anyway.

[emmar]

No, my layout is not permenately set up and I set it up differently every time I use it. I don't have any special set up for the holidays, but I do remember my parents setting up the train set in the living room for me and my brother to play with for the holidays.

[Anonymous]

G scale here - a mix of assorted European narrow gauge models (mostly Austrian or German as these cope better with the tight curves than the bigger Swiss stock).

[081440]

Put up another this year.

Expaning a little each year. Although sometimes the family does'nt like it when they have to think about how to get past it without stepping on the enchroachment. G-scale survives the abuse though!![swg]