Once again it is time to move the Diner to a new location and a new theme. The November Diner was very interesting! Thanks everyone for your contributions.
As is our custom, we include a list of fallen modelers who have made great contributions to the hobby and the forums:
This month’s theme will be Christmas trains. I’m going to start off with one of the best, and that is Canadian Pacific’s Holiday Train. The train has been running through Canada and the northern USA since 1999. Unfortunately the train will be virtual for 2021 as it was in 2020 thanks of course to covid. However, here are some pics from past years:
I hope that you will all Have a very Merry Christmas!!!
Cheers!!
Dave
P.S. Since this is the top of the page, I’m going to offer you all a servi
Well, it is December 1st. In Florida that means one important thing… the end of Hurricane Season! YAY!
Now we get six months of paradise and lots of perfect days.
This year Hurrricane Season was a non-event. Nothing happened here worth mentioning. However, that is not how the local news reports made it sound today. They recapped the season as if it was just one storm after another.
Two of the Meteoroligists were having a discussion, and one said something like the reason this was such an easy season was because so many people took his advice and prepared for the worst. What? Preparing for storms keeps storms away? I don’t think that is how this works.
Thanks for moving the Diner Dave[Y] and Kevin for helping with the copy-paste email I think[;)]
Enjoyed the Canadian Pacific Christmas Train pictures you posted Dave. We went to the CP Christmas Train concert at the Union Depot in St Paul a couple years ago, It was fun.
I seen a lot of you are having trouble posting videos too. I thought it was just my phone. I wonder if the problem is on this end or the YouTube end. I have a video of the Christmas Train, but apparently not today[:^)]
Saw the Led Zeppelin video in last night’s Diner Mike, Thanks. I haven’t seen a Led Zeppelin video in years. Listened to thier music a lot in my younger days and sometimes I still do. They have quite a few songs that are actually rather mello.
I still have all their CDs as I do many other bands. I’ll listen to their upbeat stuff from time to time when I’m in the R&R mood[oX)],
I had never seen pictures of CP’s lit up trains. I bet they’re beautiful in person. With all those lights in intricate patterns, the crews must start working on the train in July.
Good Morning everyone. Flo, a white chocolate and caramel latte please.
Update on my oldest. Had a follow up with the surgeon last night. Good news again! For the first time since her surgery (July) the doctor could see the bottom of the incision (Think stab wound. Extremely narrow and inches deep originally.) Everything looks healthy and the doctor wants her back in a month. We’ve never made it a month between appointments since the surgery. There is even a chance it could finish healing by the next appointment. Fingers crossed!
Dave, that CP train is really incredible! Must be quite the sight to see rolling down the tracks. Would love to see it in person some day.
As I mentioned in the November Diner, Lazers has come up with a really good idea for a future Diner theme. He has suggested that we visit the many short lines across North America, and perhaps study the way that the big train companies were formed as well. The topic interests him very much and he has several books on the subject. I’m going to suggest that we use the short line theme in February. January will be all about trackside structures that are not stations or freight terminals.
If you have suggestions for a Diner theme or location please let us know. The more people we can get actively involved, the better the Diner will be!
I believe this photo is from the West Coast Railway Museum in Squamish, BC. They run a Polar Express train on weekends from late November to late December. I could be wrong. There are lots of Polar Express trains:
The weather’s been mild up here as it’s been hovering in the area of 50 degrees. That’s pretty good for December.
I have a little job I’m working on outside the last couple days because it’s so nice out, …NO CEMENT WORK! [(-D] Well, It’s too far away for me to borrow Kevin’s nice cement mixer as it’s being put to good use anyway[Y]
I’m under the impression if a train has a wreath on it’s nose, it counts as a Christmas Train[:-^]
Casey Jones Museum in Jackson Tennessee.
Branson Missouri at Christmas time 2018 or 19? I wasn’t too fond of this Christmas Train as it was shut down for the Holidays[:'(]
Here was our living room and Christmas tree that was right across the street from the train at our hotel on Christmas Eve.
Reindeer? [:^)]
The fire & water show synchronized to Christmas music. If you zoom in you can see the Bethlehem manger scene right across the river.
Good morning gang. Hope everyone is having a good day. Not much news from here. Is it just me, or has the diner seemed a little slow lately? Maybe everyone is just busy with holiday stuff.
