Under The Hood: The Razorback Traction Co.'s Homemade Holiday Train!

UPDATE:  I wound up editing the trees down so that they would clear tunnels, gi-raffe telltales and the like: 

Also, a Lionel 0-8-0 has been chosen for Holiday Train service at the A&M museum: 

The train has been a hit with visitors to the JRM Museum for the past month or so!

Mitch 

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

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In another thread,  we were asked to show off our custom or home-made holiday cars!   Well,  the Razorback Traction Company has an entire homemade train!   

We'll start off with the "Crimson Comet,"  the customary motive power for the RTC's holiday train...

A ceramic Santa (Wal-Mart) surrounded by presents (Hobby Lobby ornaments) rides on a repainted K-Line depressed center flatcar...

Ironically,  it wasn't until after I added Wal-Mart trees and Hobby Lobby presents to this 6826 flatcar that I learned it had started out as a "Christmas Tree" car.   I think these trees look better than the factory weeds that came with it... 

A festively decorated "Soo Line" boxcar.   We'll get back to this car towards the end of the article. 

Teddy bears and presents adorn this ICG gondola. 

Hobby Lobby stickers spruce up this faded Mobilgas tanker. 

Stickers and presents in this CN hopper! 

Santa uses this Beechcraft when the reindeer get tired...

And it's not Christmas without Bosco! 

In the interests of ecumenicalism, a K-line Hanukkah boxcar from 1994 rounds out the revenue cars...

And we wind up with a work caboose sporting a snazzy ceramic Christmas tree! 

As I mentioned earlier,  there's more to the Soo Line car than meets the eye! 

Mary Christmas' car is even equipped with its own lighting!   

Have a happy holiday season!  

Mitch 

Scrolling a bit too fast through your photos but not too fast to miss Santa's helper in the boxcar.....LOL

Dan Padova posted:

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

https://ogrforum.com/...ave-made-or-modified

In another thread,  we were asked to show off our custom or home-made holiday cars!   Well,  the Razorback Traction Company has an entire homemade train!   

As I mentioned earlier,  there's more to the Soo Line car than meets the eye! 

Mary Christmas' car is even equipped with its own lighting!   

Have a happy holiday season!  

Mitch 

Scrolling a bit too fast through your photos but not too fast to miss Santa's helper in the boxcar.....LOL

Nice work Mitch. A friend was looking at this and she asked "What company made the Bondage car?"