@Tony_V posted:My greatest find was the trains I ran as a kid. One day back in 1989 I went to visit my great uncle. In his kitchen were several boxes I recognized. They were the boxes we stored the 2 train sets I grew up with. When I inquired what he was doing with them, "I am throwing them out" he replied. As I recall, trash day was the next morning. I told him I would take them and he objected, "they are junk" he said.
Thirty + years later... Christmas morning, 2022.
The 671rr and its original consist as my dad ran it back on Christmas morning 1952 when he got it.
Same 671rr set I received in 1952. Purchased at Joske's in San Antonio. Carried it home on my lap sitting in the back seat of my grandmothers 1935 Ford Sedan with my mother constantly saying, 'do not open the box'.
