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Hi. No trains for me but I did get 3 company house models, 2 books of advanced weathering techniques and 2 books on scenery techniques. All together just what I wanted, clever Santa. Chris.
I didn’t get any trains, per se, but I DID get a cool metal Union Pacific sign to hang in the basement, er, train room. And, I got a Missouri Northern Arkansas calendar (both from a neighbor). The MNA serves our area; bringing oil tankers to a local oil company.
For reasons unknown Santa was very generous to me this year. I received an Atlas NYC PS2 covered hopper, an Athearn RTR NYC 50’ box car, a Trainline NH track cleaning boxcar, some flex track and two Atlas Atlas #6 turnouts.
It was a real good day
John R
All it needs is a little weathering, some ground foam, static grass and a couple of trees. I don’t think it’s DCC compatible.[:D]
No trains for Christmas and it was a general disaster as parents can’t play nice in the sand box - typical in-law consternation - causing a shipwreck. I have two divorced sisters who may be faced with the same common denominator ! Will need to make a new years resolution to avoid it next year!
Anywho, maybe I could say my Christmas presents came early as I had saved some extra money from doing lawn work on the side to buy 3 Athearn Southern Pacific SD45’s. One is an L-shaped window version I snagged off of Ebay for $71 and the other two are “new run” SD45R’s with the full light package for $85 ea - one from Kleins and the other from TTH.
Since money is generally tight like many others here, Christmas has too many other financial pressures for me to play Santa for myself.
Merry Christmas to those who can enjoy it without all the family troubles.
I have one hard fast rule. No one buys me trains for Christmas. Not for many years now, since the last time it happened my well intended wife bought me a steam engine that wasn’t even a Santa Fe engine.
I buy my trains myself, without help, without birthday/Christmas present help, and everyone is quite happy.
Bob
Just a few items:
An Atlas Middlesex Manufacturing Kit
2 Fox Valley Models B&O Class M-53 Boxcars
and 1 Kadee 40’ PS-1 NYC Boxcar
and to top that all off, on Christmas Eve, I got an email from Caboose Hobbies, my pre-ordered Bachmann Alco S-4 w/DCC Sound on Board - Erie #529 is about to ship, and they finally charged my card. So, I’ll be getting one of my presents a little bit late.
Gil, known as Bill somedays … [8D]
what?
LOL
No Trains but a real Steam Whistle!
Santa was generous this year. We got a Bachmann B&O EM1 and a Tsunami sound decoder to install in it, plus a couple more FVM B&O boxcars. Here’s a shot of the loco:
Happy New Year everyone!!
Santa brought me a new train room…
with a pretty nice house stuck on top!
Now all I have to do is get about 100 boxes unpacked and moved out of my layout room…
Truck,
Caboose e-mailed me today that the 2-6-0 is being shipped along with Broadway NYC boxcars.
Well, I generally make an annual Christmas trip to see my kids (now all adults), in Denver and I manage to squeeze in a trip to Caboose Hobbies. Didn’t get much this year, but I always make a purchase when I’m there. Living in Boise, Idaho, I don’t get much exposure to hobby stores, especially of the Stature of Caboose. I have a shortage of detail parts, which I would generally have to purchase online or order through the mail, I made a modest “haul” of such detail parts as freight car and caboose details. I also picked up a Walthers Modular structure to fill in one of those voids in the backdrop on my layout. My Christmas gift to me!
Well being Santa at my house I spent well over $1400 for my small layout and that stuff is just tools and a few parts that I’ve needed for quite a while.
Had a very good Christmas though. [:D]
That’s why, over the years, I sort of “conditioned” my kids to check w/ a friend/ proprieter of my favorite LHS. I always made sure he knew exactly what I was interested in.
Think you might break it up into at least a load of chunk coal?
Well, Santa brought me a piece of paper in an envelope and it turned out to be a rather generous gift certificate to my hobby shop here in Roseville. Just got back after turning the little piece of paper into actual goodies. 3 Tunnel portals, a retaining wall, a HUGE roll of plaster cloth, 3 Rio Grande wood boxcars, 2 outside braced automobile cars (Milwaukee, T&P), and some background fir trees from Busch. Now I can finish that unfinished section of the Buttes (the backside). One of the clerks said to the other: “Never have to worry about Rio Grande stuff staying on the shelves very long when Mr. White comes in.”
You’ve GOT it, baby, LOL!
Tom
Actually was rather surprised, this Christmas. I usually do get a few train items that I have pretty much picked out, however this year was quite different. I had preordered my EM-1 some months ago, didn’t think it would even be here for Christmas. Got a call from my friend/ fellow club member that it was delivered. With work slow and buying all those goodies for all, I really couldn’t buy this thing now. I guess all my “crying” to kids and GF, they did some “covert” steam handling and wasn’t I quite surprised to find a Spectrum box tucked inside a Bosch tool case they must have dug out of the basement.