Here are my three lionel Generals, 1862, Rock Island and Virginia and Truckee.
I was 10 years old in 1959 and wanted the 1862, it took me 60 years to get one.
The Rock Island served the town where I grew up, and I now live within 10 mins of
the V&T east depot. There is also the restored V&T Inyo engine and tender that runs on weekends
at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. I am so close I can hear the whistle and smell the
smoke from my house.