Due to bringing LOTS of train stuff in the past, Santa took a break this year from bringing Trains!!! {Santa- the new furnace heats the house well, and the new roof keeps us dry!!}
What did Santa bring you??
What did loved ones bring you??
Santa passed by our place this year, just as he did the last couple of years. We were able to buy just a few very small gifts for our son and his GF, who will be joining us tomorrow. We are happy to put a decent meal on the table.
So no HO HO HO trains, just N N Nothing.
Good Morning to one and all!
Well, this is the first year in about 4 decades that Santa didn’t drop off any “train stuff”. He must have read my list, for I didn’t ask for anything train related. I just don’t need anything, and there is nothing out there I really want for my postwar ATSF / IC HO layout. To some that may sound wonderful, but for some reason it isn’t - for I love opening up a new MR kit or book…
I recall back in the '70s, when my family picked up those wonderful Athearn BB kits for me - man, those were the best gifts ever !!!
May I wish you all a wonderful Holiday, and a very MERRY CHRISTMAS !
When I was a kid and would ask my Mom what she wanted for Christmas, she would always answer, Love and Obedience. LOL
As an adult, my annual wish is for good health. If you have that, what else do you need?
For anyone not in good health, my Christmas wish is that it returns to you as soon as possible.
Merry Christmas !
Rich
Bachmann 2-8-8-4 4 weeks early
I got a MTH 70ACe and it has a good motor, six Genesis Tank Cars, one Genesis double door Box Car,one Athearn Mill Gon,one Fox Valley Box Car and one Exact-Rail Box Car.Been a good Christmas this year.
Sounds like you had a great haul!!
Merry Christmas!!
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Only train related stuff I got was…
A Walthers Canadian Pacific ( gee i don’t know why?) Autorack & some Athearn Crappy Tire Intermodal containers.
Add a Rush Concert DVD, a Wii Game & a Bob Segar CD & my list was complete.
Gordon
No trains but Santa did leave me with a healthy wife, which is the greatest gift of all. And my lovely wife did give me a train gift of sorts—the software program Train Simulator 2012. And another wonderful non-train gift received this year was a phone call with my daughter living in Sioux Falls—I consider myself blessed.
In all fairness, I recently acquired a beautiful RS1, Santa Fe Zebra Stripe, from an on-line auction that has turned out to be my best runner–Kato/Athearn.
Merry Christmas to one and all,
Wayne
My family got me (from woodland scenics) a pack of 3"-5" trees, a pack of 2"-3" trees, gray ballast (I was running low), some medium green course turf and the Extreme Trains DVD (can’t wait to watch).
Santa brought some HO scale athearn blue box kits: Santa Fe ACF hopper, Santa Fe box car and 2 P&LE box cars (less than $10 each on that internet auction site).
There is a Walthers Empire Leather Tanning Company kit behind the tree. That will fill a big scenery gap at one end of my layout.
My sister and I usually give each other “hints” and then she goes to an LHS and I go to a Celtic music web site, and we order things. This year, she suggested we just each order our own presents. (I swear there is Vulcan blood in us.) So, I’m getting some rib-side box cars in Milwaukee colors. I just needed an excuse.
And then, there is the Gift of Time. I’ve got the week off with no other plans than to work on the layout.
Nothing. It has been a tough year.
David B
I have had several good years, though it helps when both of us are working part-time. Keeps the cash-on-hand in the black much of the time. So, while it is still awaiting a Titan -U shipped from Tony’s on 29 November (!), I was supposed to receive a ready-to-play Spectrum Heavy Mountain in C&O livery. That will have to wait, hopefully not so long that Tony has to re-issue a decoder to me.
However, I did receive a nice Green River production DVD of Niagaras and Mohawks. I am definitely looking forward to that!
Happy Holidays, everyone.
Crandell
I recieved the Bachmann 2-6-0 earlier in the week which is a great running loco. Today MOH gave me the electronic hardware from LRT to run my PL signals.[:D]
Between Santa and my fiancee, i made out pretty decent this year. We have had a tough year here also, but limited ourselves to spending $150 on each other. It really sucks, but we have each other.
Santa brought me some HO scale deer from Model Power, a pack of JTT corn, JTT flower hedges, and a of N scale graffiti decals. Carissa bought me a Bachmann Silver Series Lehigh Valley 40’ box car and then graffitied it herself with “CS heart’s RS '11”. This is the first time in a long time I have gotten train stuff for Christmas. Yup, I am happy.
I had a great haul this year. Two HO Amtrak locomotives and the board game Ticket to Ride, 5 time Game of the Year Award winner. What a great Christmas. Sorry for the poor quality, it was taken with a computer webcam.
Been a tough year for us too…{and for others such as Ulrich}…hence the reference to the furnace and the roof. Oh, and a generator for when the power goes out for days on end when it floods around here {TG we stay high and dry…just no power as the substation floods!}. Our Chirstmas presents to each other was a wheel kit for the generator and a generator battery for auto start. No money left for trains or other gifts…
Ho Merry Ho HO!!!
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I had a very modest wish list this year and got everyting on it I got a coupler height gauge, a pair of trip pin piers, and a fresh batch of Monon decals. I’m a happy fellow.
I’m sad to hear of those here who couldn’tt have a materially prosperous Christmas. Let us not forget, though, that the holiday ain’t about the stuff. One of my all-time favorite lines from television is, “And that’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.”
Jim
I got a Division Point N&W Observation passenger car!![:D] I also got the Fine Scale Miniatures kit and a new box of SuperTrees by Scenic Express![swg]
I was obviously very GOOD and very BLESSED. Sometimes it is hard to remember how lucky most of us who are reading the Forum are. So, I try and share my blessings with those less fortunate that my family and me. Contributing to charities and helping serve a few hot meals is a great way to celebrate the holiday season.[angel]
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.[tup]
oh ,got two charles Smiley (Ireally enjoy his comintary/history input) video’s [:D]
got W.P. vintage west & diesel power on the S.P. . Ive spent enough on myself ALL year [}:)]
had to lighten up …Jerry