MTH Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer billboard flat car

Not that I know of, I think that it was a separate sale item from 2007. It might be a little hard to find, but certainly not rare.

Maybe someone really needed it to complete their set? I think that I remember seeing them at Gene's Trains years ago.

I think that all of the Rudolph Sets and cars are very popular for Christmas layouts.

Most the billboards had a wrinkle in the sticker including the prototype Cabin Fever Auctions was selling. If that one was put on straight it may have been the only one.

Scott Smith

I picked up the billboard car at the MTH auction and I didn’t notice that the sticker was wrinkled until I received the car which was my fault for not paying closer attention. No complaints as the auction was a good experience overall.

I saw that the Rudolph boxcar sold for $154 on the same day and someone just purchased the bumble tank car and the elf gondola packaged together for $700.  

I’ve got the set and a few of the cars - I would like to expand it but those prices are insane.  

I’m interested in the aquarium car but it’s currently listed for $900 packaged together with the billboard car. It’s hard to tell if the billboard is wrinkled, but I wouldn’t be pleased with wrinkles for $900.

if I wait long enough a reasonably priced aquarium car will come along or maybe I’ll find it at York.

So I took my Rudolph car out of the box and the billboard sticker is perfect on both sides. No wrinkles what so ever. Where are the wrinkles that at on the billboard

Bob

Bob - sounds like you have a “collectors item”.  Pictures are below for each side.

Thank you for the pictures. I had to no be idea that some had wrinkles in them.  I have another weird thing on one of my cars. My four bay hopper which says white coal load has a black coal load. I bought all my cars new when they first came out. In fact I was at my hobby shop when they came in. So that's the way it came from MTH. I know the coal load can be easily removed and it never really bothered me.

Bob

They screwed up it was supposed to be a snow load and they came with snow loads.

Scott Smith

I picked up a hopper at the last MTH auction and it had snow. There’s another hopper prototype at the upcoming MTH auction that has black coal even though the box says white coal.  They both look good to me.

Thanks for posting about the MTH Billboard flat car.  I was not aware of it before.

A homemade Christmas Billboard car will be a great addition to my Christmas train when I get some more Christmas pictures made.  All it takes is sticking some of my billboards to a flat car with double sided tape.

Lionel Trains means Christmas time.

Merry Christmas.

Charlie