Post-Christmas of '58, I came within a few dozen cases of Pilsner of getting him to spring for an unsold #2350 EP5 in a #2259 set from '57. The beer won (out as it did several times a day), but I always had my eye on the McGinnis scheme, even if I was just a kid from the Canadian prairie province of Alberta. Now I live on the coast and enjoy all the fallen flags and buy what I want and need. NH is still big in my house. I've got two regular #2350's, two NH shells (one I've restored) and maybe my treasure is a so-called 'salesman's sample' LIONEL NH shell that was decorated by Elliot Welz, but has an immense missing piece on one front. Elliot just used the good side to show. Pix 2-4 show my attempt at a strip and repaint of a damaged shell (not Elliot's). Reason for bad pix on the Elliot Welz Lionel salesman's copy is the unit is packed for now, so only had pix of 3 "tiff"'s...
The NH is still big for many!
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