Hawthorne Village is issuing fewer trains every year, and the Bachmann-built On30 sets that were their stock in trade are becoming an endangered species.
Lionel is offering more Christmas trains this year than they ever have, and some of them are VERY nice.
Here's a link to the Big Christmas Trains home page:
http://bigchristmastrains.com/
Here's a link to the Hawthorne Village Christmas Trains home page:
http://bigchristmastrains.com/hawthorne ... trains.htm
Here's a link to the Lionel Christmas train home page:
http://bigchristmastrains.com/o_gauge_x ... e_xmas.htm
Here's a teaser from the Lionel page:
