{"id":2978,"date":"2017-12-16T19:29:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T00:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2017-12-16T19:29:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T00:29:52","slug":"hes-a-really-useful-engine-you-snow-thomas-friends-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/16\/hes-a-really-useful-engine-you-snow-thomas-friends-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;He&#8217;s a really useful engine, you snow!&#8221;: Thomas &#038; Friends for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flickr user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/clockworkbrownie\/\">Johnny N.<\/a> has been kind enough to indulge our childhood fantasies by decorating classic &#8220;Thomas the Tank Engine&#8221; characters for Christmas! <strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> These are renders, so there are certain parts portrayed in colors which they have never appeared. Now if only Santa would bring us green and yellow train wheels, we would be set&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/clockworkbrownie\/albums\/72157661150279217\">here<\/a> to view the entire assortment of Thomas characters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2979\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/16\/hes-a-really-useful-engine-you-snow-thomas-friends-for-the-holidays\/thomas-thomas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Thomas.png?fit=1366%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1366,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thomas &amp;#8211; Thomas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Thomas.png?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2979 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Thomas.png?resize=474%2C266\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Thomas.png?w=1366&amp;ssl=1 1366w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Thomas.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Thomas.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Thomas.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Thomas.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Thomas.png?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2982\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2982\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/16\/hes-a-really-useful-engine-you-snow-thomas-friends-for-the-holidays\/thomas-percy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Percy.png?fit=1366%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1366,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thomas &amp;#8211; Percy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Percy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Percy.png?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2982\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Percy.png?resize=474%2C266\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Percy.png?w=1366&amp;ssl=1 1366w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Percy.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Percy.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Percy.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Percy.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Percy.png?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Percy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2980\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2980\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/16\/hes-a-really-useful-engine-you-snow-thomas-friends-for-the-holidays\/thomas-james\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-James.png?fit=1366%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1366,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thomas &amp;#8211; James\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-James.png?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2980 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-James.png?resize=474%2C266\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-James.png?w=1366&amp;ssl=1 1366w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-James.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-James.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-James.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-James.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-James.png?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2983\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2983\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/16\/hes-a-really-useful-engine-you-snow-thomas-friends-for-the-holidays\/thomas-stephen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Stephen.png?fit=1366%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1366,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thomas &amp;#8211; Stephen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Stephen.png?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2983 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Stephen.png?resize=474%2C266\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Stephen.png?w=1366&amp;ssl=1 1366w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Stephen.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Stephen.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Stephen.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Stephen.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Stephen.png?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen<\/dd>\n<dd><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2981\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2981\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/16\/hes-a-really-useful-engine-you-snow-thomas-friends-for-the-holidays\/thomas-culdee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Culdee.png?fit=1366%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1366,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thomas &amp;#8211; Culdee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Culdee.png?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2981 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Culdee.png?resize=474%2C266\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Culdee.png?w=1366&amp;ssl=1 1366w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Culdee.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Culdee.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Culdee.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Culdee.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Culdee.png?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Culdee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flickr user Johnny N. has been kind enough to indulge our childhood fantasies by decorating classic &#8220;Thomas the Tank Engine&#8221; characters for Christmas! Disclaimer: These are renders, so there are certain parts portrayed in colors which they have never appeared. Now if only Santa would bring us green and yellow train wheels, we would be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/16\/hes-a-really-useful-engine-you-snow-thomas-friends-for-the-holidays\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;He&#8217;s a really useful engine, you snow!&#8221;: Thomas &#038; Friends for the Holidays<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1025,"featured_media":2979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[353,481,354,483,479,478,480,57,482,476,477,472],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-models","tag-christmas","tag-culdee","tag-holiday","tag-james","tag-johnny-n","tag-moc","tag-percy","tag-render","tag-stephen","tag-thomas","tag-thomas-the-tank-engine","tag-winter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Thomas-Thomas.png?fit=1366%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8egNP-M2","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1025"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2984,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions\/2984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brickmodelrailroader.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}