Those are great, Vincent!  I'll have to get some photographs of mine rounded up!

I don't know who made this one or what year it came out, but it is still my favorite Christmas car.

MTH Christmas greetings boxcars

Bill,

Those are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Christmas 2016

I'll have to be up and running by Thanksgiving as my Grandson will be here then. He's already asked several times, "Pappy will you have your Christmas trains up?"

Here's some I my past videos......

Peter

Preview of things to come...fun time for sure!!!

Man, some of you folks have really nice-looking Christmas lay-outs! I hope this gives all of us (including me) some good ideas for this year's Christmas lay-out.

Meanwhile, here are some more photos from the web:

My Christmas cars are gondolas with custom loads of figures I found at Craft stores.  I just glued them to 5gal painted paint sticks.  I have about 30 different ones.

Boomer, Your custom cars are great!!

Gang, I am impressed at how many sharp-looking Christmas railcars our people have. Anyway, here are some more:

Thanks Mark.

Here are some more of my Christmas cars. 

Still more!

It's October 1, and I only have one month left before I begin assembling my Christmas lay-out!

These are my favorite Polar Railroad / Polar Express scale cars

and my Polar Express Passenger consist

A major thunderstorm just started, so I have to post fast and shut down.

                                                Notice that the second photo is from 19945. That's the boxcar number, not the year.

Last year, "Cuddlee's Christmas City" was my first Christmas train lay-out. I hope some of you get some good ideas from it:

                                           Picture #3 shows foam buildings. They not only looked great, but they survived assembly and disassembly. Picture #5 illustrates a great model railroading truth: you can do a lot with gondolas.

Foam buildings!  They look pretty good!

Photos of Cuddlee's Christmas City were taken during different stages of construction.

These are photos from a collection of older folders I assembled over the years:

                                                                   I decided to show cabooses today. The first one is actually a boom tender, but most people won't know that.

Vincent Massi posted:

OMG, I haven't seen that set in years!  We had that under the tree when I was very young until it ate too much tinsel, lol

Don't recall what year I started putting O gauge trains under the tree as I didn't get my first O gauge stuff until age 8 or 9 and didn't really switch over completely from HO to O probably until I was a teenager.

Still rolling in!

These are from a few years back,

Always liked the Christmas box cars, started in the very early 80's.
Stopped in 2012, reason is that Lionel delayed the car coming out stating it would not be ready until July the next year.
This was very disappointing for me and that is when I stopped purchasing the cars.

I still have what I purchase and do like them and love seeing all of the photos that are on this post

Doug, I have tried so hard to get ANYTHING, anything at all, from that Burl Ives (He was the snowman/narrator) Christmas special. Great-looking train!

Vincent Massi posted:

Doug, I have tried so hard to get ANYTHING, anything at all, from that Burl Ives (He was the snowman/narrator) Christmas special. Great-looking train!

 

There were some ornaments done by Carlton Cards quite a few years ago, not sure if that's what Doug used for his train or not.

The ornaments I've got from that series are of a size such that they easily could be put in a gondola like that if you wanted.

-Dave

Folks, anything goes! While most of my photos are O gauge Lionel, any gauge is welcome. Plus, toys, ceramics, plastic, non-powered, etc., as long as they are Christmas trains or accessories. And of course photos from your own Christmas lay-outs give the rest of us good ideas.

Vincent Massi posted:

Doug, I have tried so hard to get ANYTHING, anything at all, from that Burl Ives (He was the snowman/narrator) Christmas special. Great-looking train!

 

It's available on Amazon

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Figures - Bring the Story to Life - Ideal for Holiday Decorating, Cake Toppers, Playtime - Includes 2" Figure of Rudolph, Hermey, Bumble and More - 8 Piece Figurine Set

Want to pitch in? Tell us, are you putting up a Christmas train display this year? Explain your reasons, please.

A few inexpensive articles for this year's Christmas lay-out. Last year I could not find any candy canes here in Mexico, so I grabbed this package when I saw it.