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I saw some AF cars for Christmas in a box the UPS driver delivered to Americas Best Hobbies not too far from me but, I was there specifically for some HO stuff and forgot to inquire about a price on the incoming stock. I might go back and see when they want for a Christmas boxcar to add to Grandmas Christmas train. One concern would be the couplers as my consists are 1949 couplers. Might not be able to use any new equipment with my old train.
 
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SF Gal said:
I saw some AF cars for Christmas in a box the UPS driver delivered to Americas Best Hobbies not too far from me but, I was there specifically for some HO stuff and forgot to inquire about a price on the incoming stock. I might go back and see when they want for a Christmas boxcar to add to Grandmas Christmas train. One concern would be the couplers as my consists are 1949 couplers. Might not be able to use any new equipment with my old train.
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Make yourself a "transition" car, knuckle coupler on 1 end, link on the other.
 
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flyernut said:
Make yourself a "transition" car, knuckle coupler on 1 end, link on the other.
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Surly you must have some Christmas trains?
Everyone should have at least one piece of a Christmas train. :geek:
I don't remember if you ever posted any.

I got to look and see what I have, & maybe run them around a bit.
But they are all O trains. :(

Still watching this forum.
Carry on. 😎

Merry Christmas again to all the S Men. (and ladies)
 
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Discussion starter · #146 ·
Gilbert never made a Christmas decorated engine or car. Lionel made the first S gauge Christmas car in 1990, and the 1990 and 1991 cars were not even in the catalog. I happened to find a picture of my 1999 Christmas train running on the layout. The boxcars are the first seven years of production plus the new Christmas Caboose and engine. Note all the early cars were somewhat plain with white sides, and except for the 1992 car with white doors, the cars had red, gold or green doors. They were not big sellers in the early years. Compare those cars to the better decorated and more colorful cars in the recent pictures posted above.

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Big Ed said:
Surly you must have some Christmas trains?
Everyone should have at least one piece of a Christmas train. :geek:
I don't remember if you ever posted any.

I got to look and see what I have, & maybe run them around a bit.
But they are all O trains. :(

Still watching this forum.
Carry on. 😎

Merry Christmas again to all the S Men. (and ladies)
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I don't have any Christmas trains...
 
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Nice picture Chuck. I see your Polar Express set is up to 5 passenger cars, it makes a nice train. I have been getting 4 or 5 emails/day from Charles Ro with sale items. There is one for the S gauge Polar Express items, I was surprised to see there are now 12 different passenger cars plus Polar Express freight cars.
Pleased to see there is another S gauger with two trees decorated in the house!
 
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AmFlyer said:
Nice picture Chuck. I see your Polar Express set is up to 5 passenger cars, it makes a nice train. I have been getting 4 or 5 emails/day from Charles Ro with sale items. There is one for the S gauge Polar Express items, I was surprised to see there are now 12 different passenger cars plus Polar Express freight cars.
Pleased to see there is another S gauger with two trees decorated in the house!
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Thanks Tom. The Charles Ro emails are out of control. I don't know what changed this year, but they are my #1 spammer at present. Wow, I have paid no attention to the Polar Express ads since getting ours up to 5 cars and had no idea they had that many. In the movie, the train length changes, but 5 cars is the most frequently shown. Yup, two trees. The one upstairs is on a bridge between the 2 sections of my second floor and a much better location for the trains since it doesn't get populated with presents.
 
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Now that it is after Thanksgiving it is time to begin some S gauge Christmas postings. Once again I decided to keep this thread going because of all the contributions to it in past years.
Last week my wife and I decided to purchase DVD's of older Christmas movies we like but are no longer aired on network TV. My wife signed me into eBay so I could find and buy them, she has the eBay account in her name. I avoid looking at eBay. Unfortunately I was left unsupervised so when all the movies on the list were purchased I took a look at Lionel AF Christmas cars. First item I saw was a Christmas boxcar I did not recognize. After looking at my inventory and pictures it turns out I somehow failed to buy the 2004 car. In the checkout cart it went. I then found two more Lionel AF Christmas items I wanted so put them in the cart as well and checked out.
The 2004 car arrived late yesterday, so here it is. It will be one of my favorites because of the graphics.

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I like it also Tom. Love the "some toys are meant for Santa to keep". I get it completely. I finally got the beast
down stairs. I only stumbled once. I separated the PRR As and one goes quite a bit faster. So need to work on them.
Horn works much better. LOL, plenty of power. Hope you get your other cars soon. Is left front A or D?
 
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