Well, this is it. This is the result of about 5 years of planning and slowly buying train cars.
A little background. At the very start of ARAH 1982-83, Tyco put out a GI Joe HO-Scale electric train set (Pic is from Yojoe.com)
I drooled over this set for a long time. I already had an electric train, so I didn't ask my parents for another. Instead, I played with the one I had and added some green army men and accessories and pretended that it was a GI Joe train. I even played with my regular ARAH figures even if the train was wayyy to small.
When I got back into Joes (2005ish), I discovered that in 1991, Hasbro was thinking of releasing this (again, thanks to Yojoe for the pic)
It never made it to store shelves, but when I found out about it, it reawakened my childhood memories.
About 5 years ago, I decided that it was time to finally make the train that I always wanted for my Joes. I looked into different scales of trains that I could buy and modify. One day, I bought a Playmobil box car on super clearance for 5$. When I stood ME Joes next to it, it looked good, so I set out to buy all the cars and the engine and paint them. After a few false starts and waiting for the latest Playmo train to arrive, here it is: My GI Joe train!
Enough of my ramblings, on to the pics. Enjoy!
OB
*** EDIT***
Here are the two figures.
Code Name: Railspike
Primary Military Specialty: Locomotive Operator
Secondary Military Specialty: Train Mechanic
File Name: McDermott, Eric P.
Birthplace: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Code Name: Hi-Railer
Primary Military Specialty: Railroad Maintenance Specialist (Gandy Dancer)
Secondary Military Specialty: Battlefield Engineer
File Name: Steinberg, Brett M.
Birthplace: Aspen, Colorado
***EDIT***
Adding some pics of some alternate cargo for the flat car:
And a couple more of the Jeep:
