Don, somehow I'm remembering that you said you had Gilbert Flyer as a boy? No?
I did and was glad that Santa liked the two rail trains but I always lusted after the 2343 Santa Fe and the Texas Special F3s! Was not familiar with Flyer's Alco PAs (had never even seen a photo of the real engine) although I want the Northern Pacific passenger set from 1956 when it came out...