Reply to "Empire Express Origins"

Here is what I consider to be one of the hardest to find Empire Express items.  

This boxcab electric engine dates to 1927, as evidenced by two pantographs on the top and no bell.  So this engine appears to have been made during the JC Penney era of Empire Express.  I have only seen a few of these engines sell over the years.  

Again, the cars have no identifying American Flyer labeling.  In fact, although it does not show in the photos, one can faintly read American Flyer at the top, underneath a layer of red lithograph.

NWL