Art, Did you ever visit the Hall of Science near the corner of Broadway and Fifth Avenue? I never made it, but it sure must have been something.
My first childhood set was The Mountaineer from 1956, bought second-hand by my father around 1962. I still have most of it, including the 283 Pacific that headed the train:
Lost the caboose somewhere along the way, but I replaced it with a C&NW version thirty years later.
Later I lost my way, going N-gauge for a number of years before stumbling into prewar tinplate. Miss the S-gauge.
Good memories, mate...thanks.
PD
