some small updates... the club christmas show was a success. the auto transfer station fit perfectly, which meant i could run two trains without having to babysit things all the time. the station was popular with the kids, which i expected. the toy story went well the first two nights, but had issues the second night with "stuttering". i think the speed was too slow for the amount of wagons it had. once i removed those, the loco was off like a rocket.
robs christmas layout went well. we borrowed some lit up houses from blair and added some flashing ornaments and things. it looked really good.
i won four auctions on trademe for boxed takara tomy rolling stock. i got two troublesome trucks with loads, a raspberry tanker and a flat deck with pipes. $24 for the lot, which is very good.