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Time to put the train under the Christmas tree (not a euphemism)
Posted on 11/16/22 at 9:57 am
Posted on 11/16/22 at 9:57 am
It is time to assemble a train set up under the Christmas tree (a great holiday tradition).
If you use the Lionel train size (o gauge), get track from Menard's that has a wider radium (54" would be just about right). It minimizes the risk of the train dumping over on curves.
If you don't have one, there are plenty of Lionel sets, though they are made in China now. Or, there are people (I can refer you to someone) who can set you up with a mechanically reworked vintage Lionel Made in US train.
I don't have much in the way of operator type trains, but I have given some friends and both my sons trains for under the tree. In each case, I have them reworked first.
Here are some Xmas tree train setups (not mine):
If you use the Lionel train size (o gauge), get track from Menard's that has a wider radium (54" would be just about right). It minimizes the risk of the train dumping over on curves.
If you don't have one, there are plenty of Lionel sets, though they are made in China now. Or, there are people (I can refer you to someone) who can set you up with a mechanically reworked vintage Lionel Made in US train.
I don't have much in the way of operator type trains, but I have given some friends and both my sons trains for under the tree. In each case, I have them reworked first.
Here are some Xmas tree train setups (not mine):
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Posted on 11/16/22 at 9:59 am to chinhoyang
Hell yes!!! I wish my FIL still put up his big train.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:00 am to chinhoyang
My parents have a train track that attaches and encircles the tree. I have a wooden train with a Santa that I display on the mantle.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:01 am to chinhoyang
I station a platoon of Panzers in an herringbone formation under our tree.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:02 am to chinhoyang
I bought one from Macy's a couple years ago but didn't set it up. How does one build that raised platform in the pics?
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:03 am to chinhoyang
I have a Lionel Polar Express train that I put around ours.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:07 am to Darth_Vader
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I station a platoon of Panzers in an herringbone formation under our tree.
I've seen those set ups before.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:09 am to Proximo
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How does one build that raised platform in the pics?
This is one video on youtube. There are others:
Train Platform Construction
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:10 am to chinhoyang
Lionel Army Freight
they have some pretty cool sets on the Lionel website. Toy Story, Halloween edition, etc.
they have some pretty cool sets on the Lionel website. Toy Story, Halloween edition, etc.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:13 am to chinhoyang
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:14 am to Darth_Vader
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station a platoon of Panzers in an herringbone formation under our tree.
frick yeah
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:15 am to chinhoyang
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I station a platoon of Panzers in an herringbone formation under our tree.
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I've seen those set ups before.
Actually I was kidding. If I tried that my daughter’s idiot pug would eat them.
This post was edited on 11/16/22 at 10:53 am
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:24 am to chinhoyang
I have some Lionel sets and US made engines somewhere ftom when I was a kid. I need to dig those out
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:26 am to chinhoyang
Having cats, all I see is a disaster here. 
Those are some cool setups though. One of my Dad's retired railroad buddies has a whole room set up like that with a track that goes around the top of the room with a train running on it. He'd switch it out depending on the season.
Those are some cool setups though. One of my Dad's retired railroad buddies has a whole room set up like that with a track that goes around the top of the room with a train running on it. He'd switch it out depending on the season.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:54 am to deltaland
The best looking Christmas trains are the wide/standard gauge trains, which are much larger than the typical Lionel O gauge train. Lionel and American Flyer both made these trains in the 20's and early 30's. The trains are very sturdy. I set up a Christmas display in a local bank with one set.
You can see the size difference in these two photos - O gauge in the front, standard/wide gauge in the back.
You can see the size difference in these two photos - O gauge in the front, standard/wide gauge in the back.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 10:54 am to Darth_Vader
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Actually I was kidding. If I tried that my daughter’s idiot pug would eat them.
Make mini operational cannons and shoot that fricker in formation
Posted on 11/16/22 at 12:54 pm to Adam4LSU
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Make mini operational cannons and shoot that fricker in formation
As kids, we'd blast the shite out of those Airfix soldiers (little plastic ones). They had a wide variety of soldiers. I think I still have a big bag of German soldiers stuffed away somewhere.
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