Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
…and to you, Michael.
Have a Merry Christmas as well from myself, Audrey and the little Spring…
Merry Christmas to everyone here on the forum.
Pat
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New year to everyone on the forum!
However you choose to celebrate the holidays, may they be bright and gay!
May you have many trains that you want under the tree! {I know I do- I sent email links to particualr items I wanted to my other Half, and I’ve seen the credit card bill from wholesaletrains.com come flying through, though not whats on it yet}
Merry x-mas from Indiana.I got to open one present this morning.The wife got me 2 Walthers background buildings.Yippe.Plus we have snow coming later today and most of weekin.Life is Good…BOB
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE !!!
Den.
MERRY XMAS FROM FRED BRADLEY, WALTER WOODARD, AND THE REST OF THE CREW!
From Left to Right: Louisa McMuffin, Camp 2 Director, Chief Engineer John Gardiner, Max Wells, Camp 2 logger and outspoken proponent of anything that crosses his mind, Walter Woodard, director of front to mill operations (he divided up the job between himself, front to railroad, and Chief Engineer John Gardiner, railroad to mill operations), and Fred Bradley, mill director and outside contact (he often goes to Portland and other places to get things like replacement parts, supplies, and whatever else the SP&S cant bring to them, including customers.).
MERRY XMAS!!!
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through my pike,
Not a steamer was stirring, not even a Mike.
My yard tracks invitingly empty and bare,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
The diesels were nestled all snug in their sheds,
While visions of DCC danced in their heads.
While I, in my blue-and-white engineer’s cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap,
When down in the train room, there rose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the basement I flew like an ace,
Tripped over the cat and fell flat on my face.
I stifled a curse meant for Chessie (the cat),
And I muttered to no one, “I meant to do that,”
When what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But an N-Scale sleigh and eight Preiser reindeer,
With a little conductor, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than GG-1’s, onward they came,
And he blew a steam whistle and called them by name:
“On Athearn! On Lionel, Kato and Walthers!
On Kadee and Micro-Trains, Atlas and others!
To the top of the mountains of cardboard and plaster,
Now dash away, dash away, dash away faster!”
As dry leaves that behind a new Genesis fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So in through the window the coursers they flew
With the sleigh full of trains, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, on my roundhouse, I saw on the roof
The prints in the dust of each N-Scale hoof.
As I drew a deep breath, and was turning around,
From beneath the benchwork, St. Nick came with a bound.
He was dressed like an engineer from head to foot,
And his clothes had that fine smell of ashes and soot;
A bundle of trains he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes - just like marker lights! Dimples, how merry!
His cheeks like a w
And to you and everyone else.
Merry Christmas to all!
Very well done poem, richg!
And, of course, a very merry Christmas to all my fellow model railroaders!
Merry Christmas back and hope you all find just that right present under the tree! For me PRR Stuff!
Wishing you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Merry Christmas All,
May I take a moment to share with you my very favorite ‘fractured’ Christmas Carol (courtesy of Walt Kelly and “Pogo”:
Deck us all with Boston Charlie.
Walla Walla Wash and Kalamazoo.
Nora’s freezin’ on the trolley,
Swaller dollar caulifalower alley-garro!
Don’t we know archaic barrel
Lullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou?
Trolley Molly don’t love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!
A very Merry Christmas to all from the Yuba River Sub.
Tom [:D]
Merry Christmas to one and all from Missouri. Spent part of Christmas Eve repainting an old Athearn (metal trucks) Santa Fe heavyweight, and talking to family and old friends. We also wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Santa’s little helper. DJ.
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Got my first DCC engine tonight from my wife. Now all I have to do is buy and install the NCE system I’ve been looking at for a whole year. Maybe Santa is bringing it tonight. Merry Christmas everybody!