What did you get in your Christmas stocking??

[N-Gauge-US]

Santa was very kind to me So far I've gotten a Sprog 3, a GF Jinty, an LNER A2, a GF A1 Tornado (which sadly has to go back for replacement/repair as the driving wheels won't spin UPDATE: After a bit of fiddling with a lovely precision tool set that I also received for Christmas, I'm happy to report that my A1 is run in, chipped and chugging happily along!), a Dapol 28xx,  6 Dapol GWR Colletts (a brake composite, 3 composites and 2 3rds), a Dapol GWR Siphon G, a Peco brake van kit, some buffer stops, three Peco signals and signal mechanisms, decoders for my DCC ready engines, some Smiths tarpaulins, the Bachmann Collectors Club membership, a metcalfe station and a metcalfe footbridge. Not a bad haul at all!   

I hope everyone had a Happy Christmas

[trkilliman]

Yes, postal staff have a little Christmas break. During my many years working in Bristol's main sorting office we were somewhat compelled to work 21 consecutive 11 hour shifts to sort the avalanche of mail. When working nights we would finish at around 0430 on Christmas eve morning. I would somewhat normalise around Boxing day afternoon, and it was back to work the next day/night!

Stocking...I had a very welcome Hawksworth full brake, to go with the 1st/3rd I had for my birthday.

[Derwentbob]

We set a limit of £10 per person so no locomotives for me! On the other hand I got a nice lot of Peco wagon kits and Oxford Diecast stuff - LMS Mechanical Horse, BR Morris Van and two Ford Anglias (police, grey/white). I also got a neat new pin hammer, about half the weight of my current one so should help me with track pins.

[MalcolmInN]

Unlike when I worked for the BBC,
it was a national imperative that the beeb continued broadcasting thro' thick and thin, lest there be civil unrest, even riot, if the population did not get its regular dose of  , , insert word of choice.
Being single in those days it was considered to be our duty to volunteer for Xmas so that the marrieds could have time with their families.
I never did understand why it was thought that singles would not also have families, but I did my duty nevertheless.
OK,,, you can all put your violins down now,,,, cos it did get double time + another day off

Oooops you got me deviating
I meant to say :-
We tend not to go in for big prezzies at Xmas, just tokens, because we buy the big things during the year when we spot something we want.

[oscar]

This, among others:-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000J46WZ4/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item 

[MikeDunn]

Been playing with my nice pressie from SWMBO ... colour CCD camera with meteor lens 

Need to fit the cooler system to it now    If only the skies were clear  :'(

[Stevie DC]

I got lucky and got these from my girlfriend and parents respectively.



However, they are not destine to remain as they are...

One will end up looking something like this:



While the original N class I bought at TINGS will end up looking a bit like this (and find it's way to a new owner):



While the last one will end up being another LNER 2-6-0 configuration... 

[silly moo]

A beautiful SR green class N    it runs beautifully. I actually bought it in September but kept it until Christmas. Great restraint was required not to open it earlier.

[Stevie DC]

A beautiful SR green class N    it runs beautifully. I actually bought it in September but kept it until Christmas. Great restraint was required not to open it earlier.

You were lucky! My BR black one had some valve gear assembly issues which caused the whole lot to lock up. A couple of hours fiddling and adjusting later all was well...

[Newportnobby]

A Dapol Britannia 7000 with tender, BR late crest from SWMBO

I'm not a steam expert but wasn't a Britannia a 70000? A 7000 (in steam terms) was surely a later built Castle 4-6-0? 

Quite correct, Greg, but whether a typo by Graham or a factory mistake by Dapol, maybe we'll never know

[Lawrence]

My new Iwata air brush never made it through the Christmas post unfortunately but daughter insists it will be here soon, more than made up for by the new Jeff Lynne's ELO album, oh yes, and tickets to see them in Glasgow next year 

[MikeDunn]

the new Jeff Lynne's ELO album

Oh, you mean his solo album that he can only sell by slapping the ELO name on it (despite it being just him & Tandy ... no Bevan etc) ...    If it's anything like Zoom - I'll give it a wide berth ...

[Bealman]

I received only a single conflat on Christmas Day.
I had also previously purchased 4 Mk1 carriages with some Christmas money which arrived prior to Christmas.
However, Boxing Day is my birthday. Mrs PP has very generously booked us two tickets on a railtour later in the year from Bristol to Cumbria and a trip on the Ravenglass and Eskdale railway. We will be travelling First Class and will be enjoying Premier Dining. Looking forward to it greatly.

First class, eh? Now that IS a present worth waiting for. And the Laal Ratty! Here's something to whet your appetite from a Bealman trip in 2010:
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Have fun on the trip and don't forget, we'll be wanting pics! 

[NinOz]

Santa was very kind to me So far I've gotten a Sprog 3, a GF Jinty, an LNER A2, a GF A1 Tornado (which sadly has to go back for replacement/repair as the driving wheels won't spin UPDATE: After a bit of fiddling with a lovely precision tool set that I also received for Christmas, I'm happy to report that my A1 is run in, chipped and chugging happily along!), a Dapol 28xx,  6 Dapol GWR Colletts (a brake composite, 3 composites and 2 3rds), a Dapol GWR Siphon G, a Peco brake van kit, some buffer stops, three Peco signals and signal mechanisms, decoders for my DCC ready engines, some Smiths tarpaulins, the Bachmann Collectors Club membership, a metcalfe station and a metcalfe footbridge. Not a bad haul at all!   

I hope everyone had a Happy Christmas

You robbed a hobby shop for xmas?

[N-Gauge-US]

Santa was very kind to me So far I've gotten a Sprog 3, a GF Jinty, an LNER A2, a GF A1 Tornado (which sadly has to go back for replacement/repair as the driving wheels won't spin UPDATE: After a bit of fiddling with a lovely precision tool set that I also received for Christmas, I'm happy to report that my A1 is run in, chipped and chugging happily along!), a Dapol 28xx,  6 Dapol GWR Colletts (a brake composite, 3 composites and 2 3rds), a Dapol GWR Siphon G, a Peco brake van kit, some buffer stops, three Peco signals and signal mechanisms, decoders for my DCC ready engines, some Smiths tarpaulins, the Bachmann Collectors Club membership, a metcalfe station and a metcalfe footbridge. Not a bad haul at all!   

I hope everyone had a Happy Christmas

You robbed a hobby shop for xmas?

No but it was apparently enough that when Hattons didn't have one of the Colletts mom ordered (it said they had one on the shelf but they didn't), Christine called my mother in the US and apologized profusely and still managed to get the coach in question and have it delivered in time for Christmas! Apparently she didn't want mom to be peeved after such a large order. Lol Mom thought it was a very nice gesture but somewhat unnecessary, especially since poor Hattons paid for international calling.