Dieseler postedGreg i seen those in a prewar book and also 2 of them on the bay .
One in peacock same frame Ives frame no stamp handrails as one you pictured but its cracked and one of the cowcatchers broke off and gone has the Ives pickup intact.
The other one has the Ives body no stamp handrails flanking doors or holes for them same peacock color as above description but has the Lionel 248 frame and Lionel pickup.
Dieseler,
One of those Ives cadet blue (peacock) 3260s also has the two matching cars from the set offered in individual auctions. The set was offered in 1929 and was known as the Blue Comet Express. If the cars were in a little bit better condition I might bid on them. One of the things that I have learned over the years of collecting is that another one will come along at some time.
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
