Winter Solstice Best Wishes!

[Dawn-Marie]

Hi Jim ~ Happy Holidays to you too Jim! I loved the pictures of your trains. Brings back memories from my childhood. Our friends had two rooms full of trains, from little ones to big ones, and when we went to their home i would have spent all my time watching them, if my parents had let me, since i loved them so much. They had made the most beautiful little towns too, with mountains for the trains to go through, and houses that lit up, and bushes, trees and flowers. I hope you get as much enjoyment from your trains as i did from seeing them as a child!

Dawn-Marie

 

[Bina]

All Aboard---Thomas is giving free rides today!

 

[JimL]

Yeah, it's probably the x thing; it could just be a crossing; but if a train can take either of two paths, it's a slip switch; if that works in all directions, it's a double slip switch.
I watched a Thomas video with my grandson, and I wanted to see the layout where they filmed it, but I couldn't find it online.
I was into HO, scratchbuilding stuff, but ran out of room, so mine is all in boxes.

 

[Ross]

There is also a set of crossing bars just to left of the picture - I think I missed them in the picture
That's a mirror in the background, so you can see the inside of the mountain

And I thought mine was big because it was on a 7ft x 5ft table. pfffft.

 

[WayneGM]

Love your trains. Looks like you've got quite a collection. Thanks for sharing. If you're ever out this way, there's a model train museum near here. I've never been but I hear it's pretty good. Happy Winter Solstice.

 

[Freddie]

And I thought mine was big because it was on a 7ft x 5ft table. pfffft.

BEAT!! he, he, he
The layout is in a "L" shape - 18 x 12 x 5 the longest outside sides, inside is about 8 x 6

 

[Freddie]

Hey Jim......how were able to get 3 pictures onto one post? I could only 'up-load' one picture at a time.

 

[skeptic49]

Hey Jim......how were able to get 3 pictures onto one post? I could only 'up-load' one picture at a time.

Freddie,

The pics are on my website, not here on VR.

Best wishes,

Jim

 

[Curtsmum]

I have just bought my son, his first hornby train set for christmas. Now i know where to come for help

 

[skeptic49]

I have just bought my son, his first hornby train set for christmas. Now i know where to come for help

Congratulations to Curt on his new Hornby train! Hornby is one of the most revered names in toy trains with a history that goes back almost a hundred years. I know he'll enjoy his new train.

Jim

 

[ponygirlmom]

Thanks for the positive attitude regarding the Winter Solstice, and yes I agree its a good thing. But I'm afraid to say that winter is not over....

Of course not! The winter solstace is the official beginning of winter!

 

[OldManEmu]

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For us down at the other end of the world it is the summer solstice, the end of the school year for school children and the start of the summer holiday season.