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Christmas Portfolio

Beginning in 1990, cars with Holiday themes became an annual part of the Lionel manufacture of S Gauge American Flyer rolling stock. These began with box cars and over the years, a box car has been produced every year except for one. In 1998, the annual car was a festive-colored gondola carrying snow covered pine trees as its load. In recent years, production of the holiday-themed cars has been expanded to include multiple offerings in a single year. While the popular box cars continue, more gondolas and other freight cars have joined the collection, including engines, cabooses, hoppers, operating dump cars, stock cars, a reefer, a flat car and a tank car. Some were issued exclusively in a 2009 ready to run set.

The first section of this page contains the box cars. The balance of the holiday cars can be found in the second section.

Whereas our collection focuses on the cars produced by Lionel for American Flyer, S-Helper has produced holiday cars, though none is as ornamental as those produced by Lionel. Two examples of the S-Helper offerings are included among these pictures.

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Christmas Boxcars

1990 xmas box 48311 1991 xmas box 48314 1992 xmas box 48319 1993 xmas box 48321 1994 xmas box
48309 1990 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48311 1991 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48314 1992 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48319 1993 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48321 1994 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel
48323 1995 xmas box 48325 1996 xmas box 48327 1997 xmas box 2000 xmas box 48341
48323 1995 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48325 1996 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48327 1997 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48340 2000 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48341 1999 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel
48342 2001 xmas box 48346 2002 xmas box 2003 xmas box 48355 2004 xmas box 48359 2005 xmas box
48342 2001 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48346 2002 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48353 2003 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48355 2004 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48359 2005 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel
48363 2006 xmas box 48368 2007 xmas box 48374 2008 xmas box 2008 xmas stock 2009 xmas box
48363 2006 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48368 2007 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48374 2008 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48375 2008 Christmas stock car
American Flyer by Lionel		 48376 2009 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel
48384 2010 48394 48396 48825 48833
48384 2010 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48394 2011 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel, 2011		 48396 "When Friends Drop In" boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel, 2011		 48825 2012 Christmas boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel		 48833 2013 Christmas Boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel, 2013
48844 48874 mth 74001 2009 shlp xmas box space reserved
48844 Christmas Mint Boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel, 2013		 48874 2014 Christmas Boxcar
American Flyer by Lionel, 2014		 35-74001 2013 Christmas boxcar
MTH 2013		 02054 2009 Christmas boxcar
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Christmas Engines and Cars

48016 engine 49621 48712 nyc caboose 48739 xmas caboose 48749
48016 American Flyer Lines diesel
American Flyer by Lionel, 1995		 49621 Christmas Steam Train engine
American Flyer by Lionel, 2009
image courtesy of Martin Chin		 48712 New York Central caboose
American Flyer by Lionel, 1995		 48739 Christmas caboose
American Flyer by Lionel, 2006		 48749 AF "To All a Goodnight" caboose
American Flyer by Lionel
49046 santa animated caboose 48221 xmas reefer 49061 48424 peppermint tanker 49025 xmas gifts
49046 Santa animated caboose
American Flyer by Lionel, 2008		 48821 American Flyer Lines reefer
American Flyer by Lionel, 2009		 49061 Christmas Music "Sounds of the Season" reefer
American Flyer by Lionel, 2012		 48424 Peppermint tanker
American Flyer by Lionel, 2008		 49025 Christmas Gifts operating dump car
American Flyer by Lionel, 2005
49028 candy dump car 48624 naughty 48625 nice 48632 christmas hopper space reserved
49028 Candy Cane operating dump car
American Flyer by Lionel, 2006		 48624 Naughty hopper
American Flyer by Lionel, 2004		 48625 Nice hopper
American Flyer by Lionel, 2004		 48632 Christmas hopper
American Flyer by Lionel, 2009		 48638 North Pole Express Reindeer Feed hopper
American Flyer by Lionel, 2013
1861 shpr hopper 48335 tree gondola 48553 candy canes 48559 xmas gondola 48566 paradise tree gondola
01861 Maine Central Christmas hopper
Showcase, 2008		 48335 Christmas Tree gondola
American Flyer by Lionel, 1998		 48553 Candy Cane gondola
Amercian Flyer by Lionel, 2006		 48559 Christmas Gifts gondola
American Flyer by Lionel, 2009		 48566 AFL Paradise Tree Farms gondola
American Flyer by Lionel, 2011
48572 48875 48577 49961 49962
48572 Christmas gondola with "Naughty & Nice" coil covers
American Flyer by Lionel, 2013		 48875 North Pole Central gondola with Santa's Cocoa containers
American Flyer by Lionel, 2014		 48577 North Pole Express Reindeer Delivery Service flat car with Santa and Sleigh
American Flyer by Lionel, 2013		 49961 North Pole Express Combine car
American Flyer by Lionel, 2014		 49962 North Pole Express Vista Dome car
American Flyer by Lionel, 2014
49963 space reserved space reserved space reserved space reserved
49963 North Pole Express Observation car
American Flyer by Lionel, 2014

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