Thanks all for the info and welcome! I told a friend about this and he dug up an HO train and donated it to the cause as well.
Tommy F, that’s it! Complete set except for the uprights on the flatcar. What are the dowels and plastic ‘drums’ for? Stuff to put in the gondola, on the flatcar, or....? There was a bunch of other stuff in the styro box, some of which I recognized immediately as old GI Joe accessories (mostly broken weapons) and thought the dowels etc. might belong to other toys.
One more newb question - I’ve scrubbed the transformer (4150) and looked for some kinda marking, but still don’t know which terminal is which, and which should go to which rail. Found a document that said right = common, but that didn’t say which way the box was oriented. So clearing that up would be a real help. I tested the train enough to know it works, just not sure it was going in the correct direction. Sitting by the transformer with a sharpie waiting for a reply....
Cheers!
Bob
