The Tidewater Division gathered at Jeff Hill's house for the annual Christmas
party and to see his new train room and to run some American Flyer trains.
Brooks adds a car to one of the trains.
Lionel American Flyer steam engines pulling freight trains and S Helper Service diesel engines pulling a train of hopper cars. (1:42)
Cam gets a close look at some of the trains.
Jeff and Lee figure out a movement problem.
Jeff points out a feature of his layout.
Jeff's gray UP 4-8-4 heading a string of heavyweight passenger cars.
A Lionel American Flyer Western Pacific Challenger 4-6-6-4 steam engine pulls a mixed freight train with 16 cars and a caboose. There is also a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam engine on another freight train in the background. (30 sec.)
Jeff's Illinois Central RS-3 heads up a train of IC passenger cars.
Jeff's twin IC SWs lead a train over the dual 30 degree crossings.
Jeff's Union Pacific Big Boy.
Jeff's Western Pacific Challenger cuts across the yards.
Illinois Central passenger train pulled by a diesel locomotive and the freight trains pulled by Lionel American Flyer Challenger (4-6-6-4) and Big Boy (4-8-8-4) steam engines. (1:29)
Thank you to Joe Deger for the photographs and videos.
