I recently got nstalgic and dug out some of my childhood ho trains that still exist. Mostly they were a mix of AHM and Athearn. This was also my first layout from 1972 on a little 3.5X5 board maybe. Single loop brass track and I think even a couple of Casadio switches I swear one owas a curved switch too lol. You can see the AHM MDT SF switcher on the back of the layout pulling a couple of Athearn reefers. My first two chemical tank cars were AHM in the foreground and we had the Arlee station and Sandhouse as well as that cool sawmill in the middle there. Great memories. The MDT switcher was my dads and he also got an AHM Bowker which I still have. I also have a few of the cars as well as I have tried to find and replace all the cars we had then, I still have both Bluebox pre flywheel SF F7 and GP 35 as well and the Red cam UP Athearn 200 ton crane with an Erie 200 ton flat.. Anyway just the other night I saw this Reno set and put a bid on it and ended up winning it... Shortly followed another Bowker and a set of KCStL&C Red coaches for the Bowker's. This first one is my dad's and the one in th box is the one I just found. Interestingly my dad's is the Pocher tender drive version and the one in the box is the Rivarossi version with the motor in the cab.
