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Realplayer video of trains under the tree
For several years, we had run an HO set under the Yule tree. Inside the circles of track were our own PC WhistleStop buildings. That changed in 1999. Our then-youngest cat, Torkatt, was spending his first Yule and he took greta interest in the trains. He was a young cat / big kitten who lived outdoors, begging food, until we took him in. (He got his name because he first showed up on Labor Day, after a horrendous thunder and hail storm.) Torkatt trashed the HO trains. We decided that since we run O all the time, may as well run O under the tree. Thus, a nice K-Line Alco FA in SP "Daylight" colors hauled three silver & red Golden State coaches for the season.
This year, we opted for lighted porcelain buildings. I was going to use MTH real trax, but the roadbed was a bit too wide and 31" curves were not accommodating. Thus we brought out the O27 and set up a blue & cream trolley. These are the first videos, with the trolley coursing through the village.
Smallest train layout for the holidays!