A couple months ago during the Covid shutdown, a friend in the local Jeep club gave me the family train set from when he was a boy. Now the set predates him as he is my age and the set would have been from the early 1950's. It had been sitting in a cardboard box in the barn for decades. Somehow both marker lights survived all these years. There is little to no wear on anything, smokes and reverse's flawlessly with only a basic service. I got a few accessories with it, after removing several mouse nests, most work. I still have a pile of plasticville to clean up and reassemble. The set's original 1033 is apart awaiting a new cord as the mice did a number on it. What track remained, including a pair of 1980s MPC era remote 027 switches are total rust. So, I am running on my own mix of postwar and MPC era 027 track that has 042 curve diameter and using my trusty RW for power. The smoke element, light bulb are original, I did not even touch the E unit, just a basic oil and inspection/clean up of the decades of grime from sitting in an open box, and mouse crap. Enjoy!!
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