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Choosing Christmas Trains and Villages
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Jump to other pages. Written by Paul D. Race for. This page will answer a few basic questions about trains for your holiday village, then list links where you can go for more information and project ideas. How Big are Christmas Villages and the Trains that go with Them? Most name-brand Christmas village structures. The two kinds of trains that work best with Christmas villages can fit a track circle into 38". If you don't have a table quite that size, a few alternatives are listed further down the page.
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Christmas Train Primer
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Jump to other pages. Written by Paul D. Race for. For many people, nothing brings back Christmas memories like the site of a train circling a Christmas tree - a century-old tradition. In the early days, tinplate or cardboard buildings were often set up near the tracks, a tradition that presaged today's porcelain holiday villages, many of which include trains as well. The first Big Christmas Trains. So it's high time to have an index page that pulls all of these resources together in one place for folks w...
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Big Train Store, the Buyer's Guide for O Gauge and On30 Trains
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Jump to other pages. Written by Paul D. Race for. Big Trains getting bigger - that is the hobby is! This "Buyers' Guide" is dedicated to people who are getting into "Big Trains," including:. On30 and O gauge trains, the trains that go best with display villages, and the biggest trains that most people can practically use indoors. Around a Christmas Tree. But most folks don't have room for these indoors. Why so Many Amazon Links? We now return you to our regularly-scheduled programming. :-). Buildings and...
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Christmas Train Day, 2015
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Jump to other pages. Written by Paul D. Race for Family Garden Trains. Written by Paul Race for Family Garden Trains. Southwest Ohio/Northern Kentucky 2015 Christmas-Themed Open Railroads. Do you like to see big trains running at Christmas? Many people do, although most Large Scale railroads only operate during the summer months. However, some brave folks every year fight the temptation to take their trains inside when it gets cold, and they run trains in the weeks preceding Christmas as well. Dan Stenge...
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BIG Indoor Trains(tm) Books, Magazines, and Videos
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Jump to other pages. Written by Paul D. Race for. Over the years I've answered all kinds of questions for people. In fact, most of the articles on my web pages came about because folks kept asking the same questions. One question I get asked frequently is "Where Do I Go to Learn More? Kalmbach publication prints more magazines about train-related hobbies than anyone else. If you have Lionel or are. Interested in Lionel trains, this magazine will give you some great background on the history and wonderful...
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On30 Trains for Christmas Villages
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Jump to other pages. Written by Paul D. Race for. In other color schemes that you would enjoy running all year 'round. Update for September, 2014. Note about Availability and Pricing:. For more detailed information about why model train products seem to come and go and why I have stopped listing prices in our "buyer's guides," please see my article "About Pricing and Availability.". So please print off any order confirmation screens and save copies of invoices, etc., so you can contact the appropriat...
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Every Season Trains And Towns
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Jump to other pages. Written by Paul D. Race for. Trains and villages aren't just for Christmas anymore! Since companies like Hawthorne Village /a and Department 56 brought Christmas villages and trains back into style, many people have been sad to see their collectibles go back into the box after New Years'. Now they don't have to. Hawthorne Village and affiliated companies have introduced villages and trains that can be used every month of the year. Train sets on our BIGTrainStore.com. While we try to ...
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Thomas Kinkade Christmas Train and Accessories
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Jump to other pages. Written by Paul D. Race for. It will take us a while to get things on these pages reconfigured to reflect the new requirements, but in the meantime, please consider the rest of this page an archive of past recommendations, for informational purposes only. We would never dream of continuing to recommend Hawthorne Village products that we liked in 2014 and still think highly of! The art of the late. Has been in demand since it was first available to the public. So please print off any ...
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Free Large-Scale Signs and Graphics - Family Garden Trains
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Jump to other pages. Written by Paul D. Race for Family Garden Trains(tm). This page is a place for odds and ends that may be of value to other garden railroaders. Initially this site was mostly graphic files I created for my own use to use on buildings I built or trashbashed,. Large Scale Sticker Sheets Page! Page gives you the details, as well as links to many other resources you can downoad. We have other sticker sheets planned, so please check back once in a while. While we were in Ireland. Page incl...
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Big Indoor Trains Primer Page
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Jump to other pages. Written by Paul D. Race for Big Indoor Trains. Big Indoor Trains Primer Articles. Was started in early 2007 to answer questions about using big trains indoors all year round. Many of our readers bought their first train to run around a Christmas tree or around a holiday village such as those made by Hawthorne Village or Dept. 56 . So they often had questions that neither. The collectible village suppliers nor. Trains from Bachmann (these trains are about the same scale as the O gauge...
