Model Railroading on the Cheap

   My wife suggested that I decorate the layout for Christmas. I was determined to keep it simple.   I found some small bottle-brush pine trees among our ‘Christmas Decorations Storage’ intended for the fireplace mantel winter time scene and placed them on the layout where it was easy to reach.   I placed trees at the John Deere dealer and the scrap yard – not a very good place for Christmas Trees. Maybe I should take them to Holden Park for another scene. I found a larger tree (scaling over 30 feet tall!).  Now all I have to do is concoct a story to support the photos.

   This year the Holden City Fathers have decided to put up a Christmas tree in Holden Green Park across the street from the Holden Bank.  It will be there for several weeks around Christmas time. Some folks think it needs lighted decorations!

   The John Deere Dealer used a front end loader to place a tree in his front yard. There are a couple men in the background discussing the old McCormick-Deering 15-30 (International Harvester) trade-in. The front end loader now has an operator (cut off at the waist). Jan 2015.

   Even the Scrap Yard has the Christmas Spirt. They placed a tree near their Conrail Caboose ‘office’.  Using the camera flash made a strong shadow of the water spout.