- Lionel 10E (1926)
- Lionel 520 Flood light car (1931)
- Lionel 511 Flat car (w/lumber load 1927)
- Lionel 517 Caboose (1927)
- Joan’s Junction (1928 by Grandpa)
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My kids! Looks good Bob
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The pup this year. 
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I hope he has papers!
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Love the train, can’t have one my dog would keep knocking it over.
MERRY Christmas.
Love the train! I’m putting ours up soon…
Post some pictures!
A good many years ago (back in the day) my father would tie the tree into the corner of the living room with multiple guy wires. 'Course it was always a live tree and the lights we had had those big old porcelain (rotary) switches with cloth insulated wire and glass bulbs . The ornaments were all glass and each year we had a few breakages.
It occurred to me the other day that the reason the tree was so heavily secured, despite 5 children, was to keep the cats from knocking it over. Minor mystery solved!
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Looks very nice Bob!
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You’re dating yourself with that Bob. 
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Like so many things they were simply hand me downs from my grandparents. With 5 kids there wasn’t a lot of money to spread around on Christmas. If it ‘worked’ we continued to use it!
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Totally understand that. I like the train BTW. Merry Christmas 
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Just got the train up! Not as antique as yours but I’ve been running it around our trees for 38 years. My mom’s BF at the time bought it for us and when he passed away, I inherited it and it’s been a fantastic tradition for everyone that I’ve been able to share it with 
Merry Christmas everyone!!
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