AmFlyer posted:I own one of the uncataloged sets not in the Tufts book. It was made for Kaufmanns Department store in 1950 in very small quantity.
Not to change the subject but back in the day Kaufmann’s was The Place in Pittsburgh to see toy trains during the Holidays! Even before you got inside the store you could watch the trains running in the window displays along the street and then once inside see many more trains up in the toy department. They had Lionel and American Flyer layouts and all sorts of inventory. My first electric train, a Lionel set, came from there and not from Santa as I found out a few years later!
MTH even made a Christmas boxcar shown in the attached photo with an artist's drawing of the front corner of the store showing their famous clock which was a popular landmark under which friends and family would meet to go shopping in the store.
Bill
