West Granby Christmas Village and Trains
Each year for about 20 years, I have set up a Christmas train village and invited children of the church to visit and run trains. This year, due to COVID-19, the only visitors were my two grandchildren. I decided that I would still put the whole village up because my wife and I enjoy it immensely. The featured picture is of our granddaughter sitting in the set. The set footprint has been the same since I moved to West Granby, but it has gained many great houses including several Dept 56 pieces. Each year I tweak the set-up, changing a scene or putting a house in a different place. This year I added an engine which gave me greater flexibility in which trains I could run on which track.
One of the unusual happenings at our house for 2020 has been that we have been able to take a vacation week from the Monday before Christmas to the Monday after Christmas for the first time in our ministry. We had recorded the Christmas Eve service ahead leaving us free a few days before Christmas. Normally I am busy right through Christmas Eve. As a result. this year was a more relaxed Christmas for us. The added time has also allowed me time to play with switching trains around in the village. So you see pictures of different train configurations. Below is a gallery of shots. I have only included a couple close-ups in this gallery because I intend to do a follow-up post about the set details.
Christmas Village overview 
Train Station area 
Thomas and Percy at the Station 
Village square is buzzing 
The country church area 
Lights out view
