@Fatman : Wonderful !! Great collection. Thanks for the information on the Tri-ang acquisition. In the middle to late 1950's I sold all my Lionel (they were toys after all) and so common at the time at a great discount and purchased HO ("real scale!!") which as a modeler's scale at the time was quite expensive. Today, the HO which I still have is worth near nothing and the Lionel I sold would have made a nice down payment on a new car!! Oh well...
Best Wishes Don