Friday, December 7, 2007

Christmas Train

My parents shipped us my dad's old (HO size) Tyco train set. Immediately we spread the whole thing out on the floor and set it up. For a few days I tried to get it to work, but to no avail. Seems the engine had a broken wheel, so Jason (our landlord) took us to a train store where we picked up a new Amtrak engine...and after a few hours of sanding down the tracks (to clean off the corrosion?), we got it working. 
Our elaborate figure eight set-up (above) was a bit rickety. But I love the raised track in the center, so we might incorporate that into the final set-up. For now the train is on a simple oval around the tree (see the video below). I'm loving it! Time to set up the snow and the village...


We added a snow scene!

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