Christmas trains - displays

[markoles]

Well, it is that time of year again. Seems like it came too soon this year. But, I guess that's one of the 'perks' of getting older, right?

There are a lot of local displays of model trains being set up. Since most of us are spread out all over the place, I won't list them all here.

But, it gets me thinking about setting up trains around our Christmas tree.

I've set up a variety of layouts under our trees over the last 9 years. None are even remotely like what I used to do when I was 9 and had a lot of space to run tracks (and accomodating parents and siblings..). Most tend to be just simple ovals under the tree. Part of the problem is too much furniture and not enough space and the general layout of the house. I have an unfinished basement, and thought it might be fun to build a giant train layout in the basement, so perhaps that's what we'll do.

Here's a pic of Mary Kate running the 2055 Lionel hudson last year.