Reply to "Let's see some complete vintage sets!"

cpowell posted:

Here are my two sets that I took over from my brothers. The 2234W Santa Fe was purchased at Christmas 1954. My grandparents, my parents and my brothers contributed towards the purchase. (I was only 3!) I still have all of the boxes including the outer box with the $89.50 store sticker. Clearly, I don't run it anymore.

I did not know the 2020 engine and our freight cars were from a set. I was in a train store and saw the 1415WS on a shelf. The owner informed it was a set from 1946. It is on the bottom of the next picture. I would like to get a catalog photo of it. Still have most of the boxes. I do not know how we acquired all of the other pieces on the top row.

Charlie

Here are some photos of the 1946 catalog pages that include the 1415WS set.  The catalog shows an unpainted aluminum 3459, but most of the actual cars were black.  The one eBay sold listing of an aluminum was $170.  The merchandise car is shown in tuscan in the catalog, but most of the cars were silver.  The tuscan car is rare.  So the set that you have is what a buyer would have usually received.