Doug W. posted:Gotta agree with Jim. I received my first set one heck of a long time ago when you consider that I am over 70 years old now. I still have most of the items that came with the set, the transformer is in regular use to this day. The GP still runs although not quite as well, kinda like me I guess
, so it would be considered a shelf queen by most. To me it isn't so much a shelf queen but more a special piece that represents a lot of memories of friends and family who are no longer here but we had lots of fun playing with this and other trains oh so many years ago.
Doug;
Tobe perfectly clear, I am not a complete heretic... I still have my first set of trains from the early 60’s as well as my brother’s from the late 50’s or early 60’s. In addition, I inherited my cousin’s collection. These all have sentimental value and will never see the dustbin. I am hoping to find some wall space to actually display them. Unfortunately, as I mentioned in my reply to Jim, I know I will never run them on my layout, but maybe I’ll set up a Christmas carpet central some day - I do have a spare PW ZW after all 
