This year we actually started work on a permanent train layout at the new house in Phoenixville. The layout is located in a room assigned to me by my wife. Originally, it was a sun room or conservatory but it is now officially "The Trainroom". Since we finished the plywood platform before Christmas, we managed to construct a temporary "snow" covered display for Christmas. Here is a somewhat long video that shows the display and our favorite Christmas trains; the Polar Express and the Polar Railroad with PRR freight cars. I'll also post some photos at some point. Enjoy.
Well, you really need to love Christmas trains, the Polar Express in particular, if you are willing to watch this long video of the very temporary Christmas layout that we built for this year. The layout was built on a the naked plywood/homasote platform that will become the base for our permanent layout.