Let us see your Homemade Christmas/Holiday Lionel or other manufacturers cars or engines you have made or modified

I don't have a Christmas theme rr car yet, but the bell still rings for me.

https://youtu.be/N0nPch2vJ1M

The train with the NS and BNSF ES44 is a train I put together. Many of the cars are from other consists that make this train yearly. All my stuff is boxed up separately because I hve no layout and I run at a club layout. 

Here's a classic: 

The Baby Jesus Train, or, "The Lionel Shall Lie Down With The Lamb"...

Mitch 

Here is my Hanukkah Train (two different engine options):

Videos:

Such a mechayeh!  Mazeltov!    

Mendel Zachariah 

Playing with tin I purchased a few day ago

The RTC has an entire custom train!   

https://ogrforum.com/...memade-holiday-train

Allan--great job on the Hanukka train, very classy job;

Mitch--what else would be expected from you!

Here is a baby's first Christmas car I made for my grandson from an orange Baby Ruth boxcar:

and a Christmas train I made for a friend's daughter:

Nothing permanent, just temporary wraps printed on photo paper and held in place with Scotch tape. Thisis the second year I've used them

Simple modification I do every year. Metallic garland pipe cleaners. Attach the wreaths with a low temp hot glue gun. Pops off easy when done and doesn't damage the finish on diecast locos.

Add stickies printed on photo paper and attached with re-positionable glue sticks (like post-it notes glue). You put the glue on the paper. Thats where the candy canes on the locos and tenders come from.

The tree gondola has a bluetooth speaker in it wrapped in a candy can pattern. The initial run under the tree is done while playing "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" 

Add presents to the coal dump car which are dropped off at the "Toys for Tots" building, and add candy cane logs to the log dump car.

Yes, I know this is late, but, delivery of the "LInus RR 1005" flat car was delayed for many reasons.

Santa Sled and Reindeer Flat cars for my Christmas Train

I added added as Santa, sled and 8 reindeers plus Rudolph the red nosed reindeer to my Christmas train.  I made the reindeer cars from three junker scout sized flat cars and figures and reindeer from a Hallmark Cards Santa, Sled and Reindeer set.  I painted the flat cars white as reindeer like snow and will show up better with a light color. 

One car carried the Santa sled and two reindeer, a second car carried four reindeer and third car carried two reindeer and Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.  The reindeer were simply glued to the flat cars with 5 min epoxy glue.

The original Hallmark Cards Santa sled was too big so a smaller one was made from balsa wood and sized for Hallmark Cards Santa.

A blinking red light was installed in Rudolf’s nose and a power pick up was added to the car. 

 The Christmas Train is usually stationed on the hidden track behind the background and comes out by surprise for the kids after watching the trains run for a few minutes.  The train has a Christmas candy in a gondola also and is one train always used at Christmas time.

Charlie

A manger car from a Lionel flat that I threw together

- walt

Choo Choo Charlie posted:

Santa Sled and Reindeer Flat cars for my Christmas Train

I added added as Santa, sled and 8 reindeers plus Rudolph the red nosed reindeer to my Christmas train.  I made the reindeer cars from three junker scout sized flat cars and figures and reindeer from a Hallmark Cards Santa, Sled and Reindeer set.  I painted the flat cars white as reindeer like snow and will show up better with a light color. 

One car carried the Santa sled and two reindeer, a second car carried four reindeer and third car carried two reindeer and Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.  The reindeer were simply glued to the flat cars with 5 min epoxy glue.

 

The original Hallmark Cards Santa sled was too big so a smaller one was made from balsa wood and sized for Hallmark Cards Santa.

 

Charlie

Charlie,
Your set of Hallmark Santa & Reindeer are much different than mine. I wonder how many versions they made?
These are easily narrow enough to fit on a flat car.

Dept.56 also made a nice set, although I don't have a photo of them right now.

I made a scale Polar Express R50b express reefer for my PE set. Details are here: https://ogrforum.com/...-r50b-express-reefer

Nice job Sandman!

Here is a complete Christmas layout I built for my grand kids a few years ago.

Had it listed on the for sale forum, but had no takers...

I did these for a family member...

Big Jim

My Hallmark Cards Santa, Sled and Reindeer set is about 20 to 25 years old.  I am sure Hallmark had several Chinese manufactures in that time.

Thanks for the comment.

Charlie