Greetings Art!
I have several Lehman Gross Bahn products that I purchased when they were introduced. All of these are the German models, and have always run flawlessly. I always found it to be quite interesting that the women in our family seemed to prefer these colorful trains to my Lionel trains in another room. Occasionally, we would make a large LGB layout outdoors in good weather, and that was always a lot of fun, particularly for the children. Several hobbyists in our area had (have?) giant outdoor LGB layouts that they operated (operate?) year round.
One of my favorite color print ads of all time was the elephant stepping on the LGB track and not damaging the track. (I think a current O Gauge ad has a woman standing on 3-rail track, if I remember correctly!)
The LGB catalogues were also exquisite, although not free as I recall.
