Being from new England I am fond of Lionel's prewar version of the B&M Flying Yankee. Over the years I have bought a car here, a locomotive there, a complete set here, vestibules here and the list goes on. I have on display and run a beautiful set and I probably have 12 or 14 passenger cars, 10 or 12 observation cars, 20 or so vestibules, 10 or so locomotives with motors, some with whistles. My goal is to restore them all in the many color schemes the Flying Yankee was made in.
Having a large prewar tinplate collection if I see a junk car with decent box coupler trucks, I buy them just for the trucks. It is amazing how many parts you can accumulate over the years if you keep your eyes open at train meets, especially to the boxes under the table. I have purchased many junk pre and post war cars at less then half the price the trucks on them can be sold for.
Jim Lawson
