Anyone have a train set around their Christmas tree?

[fandandy 3,311]

I have always wanted to do this. 

If you have, or do, what type of train set do you use?

 

[Fireballer 2,232]

Disney Monorail

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

My parents used to. It was my dads old train set from when he was a kid in the 50s. Had this liquid you put in the smokestack on the locomotive to make it smoke. It was quite cool. 

[KSB2424 2,791]

No

[Utilit99 4,098]

41 minutes ago, fandandy said:

I have always wanted to do this. 

If you have, or do, what type of train set do you use?

 

Go check a model train store. Hopefully you have a good one around you dedicated mostly to model trains. O scale may be too big for your layout but you need to just look at the size of them to judge. HO is by far the most popular size and therefore you get the most selection. But since you are only getting a circle as a basic set for around the tree, just assess the space you have, just go look at the difference. O scale is easier to put together and probably a very simple set up. HO can be the same but for both you probably need a flat surface to set up the track. So if you have hardwood floors, that could work. But if not you will have to probably put something in place for set up.

A simple circle track is basic and easy to put together. You have to consider though on how you want it to look. They have different railway beds that the track can sit on and look nice. 

I have always had N scale trains, they are pretty small compared to HO and tiny compared to O, but I don't use them for the tree.

I think O scales are traditionally used for going around Christmas trees and you can find in sets ready to set up.

[Old School 360]

2 hours ago, titans&bucs&bearsohmy! said:

My parents used to. It was my dads old train set from when he was a kid in the 50s. Had this liquid you put in the smokestack on the locomotive to make it smoke. It was quite cool. 

I had the Lionel set my dad and his brothers had in the 30s or 40s.

I think my ex wife threw it out along with almost everything that belonged to me, including my FF throphies.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

6 minutes ago, Old School said:

I had the Lionel set my dad and his brothers had in the 30s or 40s.

I think my ex wife threw it out along with almost everything that belonged to me, including my FF throphies.

We had to be very careful as I recall. It threw of lots of sparks,  which is not good on the carpet. 

[frank 2,055]

3 hours ago, Fireballer said:

Disney Monorail

Is there a chance the track could bend?

 

[MTSkiBum 1,569]

4 hours ago, frank said:

Is there a chance the track could bend?

 

Not on your life my Hindu friend.

[RLLD 2,992]

At one time yes.  Then there were so many presents that we stopped. So I bought a second tree and put it in the basement for the train, then we started putting some silly decorations around that thing that precluded putting the train there....so I started putting a third tree upstairs in the area that overlooks our family room and put the train up there.... I will have my focking train....

[Meglamaniac 380]

Yes

Lionel Silver Bells express

[Nomad99 256]

I was part of a train around a Xmas tree...

[IGotWorms 2,580]

We ran a train on your mom by the Christmas tree.

That count?

[DonS 2,869]

9 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

We ran a train on your mom by the Christmas tree.

That count?

I was a spectator for the special Kwanzaa train she hosted with a local basketball team.  I failed to meet the length requirement in order to ride.

 

[fandandy 3,311]

2 hours ago, Nomad99 said:

I was part of a train around a Xmas tree...

Were you the engine, ...again?

[IGotWorms 2,580]

2 hours ago, DonS said:

I was a spectator for the special Kwanzaa train she hosted with a local basketball team.  I failed to meet the length requirement in order to ride.

 

Apparently @BunnysBastatrds qualified

[BunnysBastatrds 1,631]

1 hour ago, IGotWorms said:

Apparently @BunnysBastatrds qualified

 You may be the epitome of “ I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

[IGotWorms 2,580]

1 minute ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 You may be the epitome of “ I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

I feel like this is an insult but I’m not really sure. ‘Tis the genius of incomprehensibility

[BunnysBastatrds 1,631]

1 hour ago, IGotWorms said:

I feel like this is an insult but I’m not really sure. ‘Tis the genius of incomprehensibility

 Nice!:cheers:

[Djgb13 2,337]

I did when I was younger. Was actually talking to the wife about getting one for our tree this year but I want something other than those cheap ones Walmart sells

[Hardcore troubadour 10,943]

I have a cheapo. I’ll upgrade when the boy gets a little older. And this Fockin dog does too. 

[DonS 2,869]

When the kids were little we had a huge Brio (and cheaper Brio knockoff) set of tracks and trains.  We set it up around the tree for a couple years.

Those Brio track sets were the best. 

 

[Bill E. 614]

19 hours ago, fandandy said:

Anyone have a train set around their Christmas tree?

No... it is August. 

[Cloaca du jour 1,961]

8 hours ago, IGotWorms said:

We ran a train on your mom by the Christmas tree.

That count?

Took way to long...

[Bier Meister 1,414]

I thought that was code for @OldMaid ‘s caboose. 

[Hardcore troubadour 10,943]

20 minutes ago, Cloaca du jour said:

Took way to long...

There were a lot of guys there and she kept getting thirsty.