Hi Bill! Thanks for the kind words. The greatest risk faced in the restoration was metal fatigue to the insert tabs connecting the metal sections. I took the station completely apart. Bend the tabs once too often and they break off, like bending a paperclip.
I love restoring old things Lionel. You get an instant reward, and then get to play with it. All it takes are the 3"P"s: patience, persistence, and perspiration.
As for the value of things, you are so right. Perhaps half a century from now one of my grandchildren will post in this forum images of their own restoration of this same station.
