I’d characterize my story as the train that “couldn’t get away from me”.
In the 1990’s, Lionel had produced an 0-27 New Haven passenger set pulled by a pair of Alco FA’s. I had purchased the engines to run on freight and had no inclination toward the passenger cars till I was in my favorite train store one Saturday and saw he had his sole remaining NH passenger set on sale. Jerry - the store owner - told me I needed to get them to match up with the engines but; since I was in a job transition stage; I didn’t think it wise to buy them at that time.
Fast forward to a few weeks before Christmas that year; I happened to be back in the store and noticed the passenger set was gone. “Did you sell those New Haven cars” I asked Jerry and he gave me a vague “ yeah; someone came in and bought them - sorry about that.”
Christmas morning my wife handed me a large wrapped box and inside were the New Haven passenger cars - a gift from my father-in-law.
Curt
