Hi all. I'm happy to have found this forum. I have a story to tell that is relevant to this discussion.
I've had a box in my closet for 20+ years that has a locomotive and tender in it that came with a story. I've only now begun to investigate it. The story goes something like this ... my grandfather purchased a loco/tender in the 50's from a dealer in Baltimore and was told that this loco was in a layout in the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco. The train wound up with me and has literally been out of the box less than 5 times in 50 yrs. It appears to be a Lobaugh UP 4-6-6-4 Challenger Loco & Tender.
At this point, I'm looking for some validation that this is what I stated. Once I have that, selling it isn't out of the question.
Thanks for your help.
Dave