Quaker Oats Employee train set - History of it?

Eddie..can you post pics?would like to see it...also it will help identify it....thanks....Joe

Joe,

I will post them once I get the set, that way I can get some nice detail shots of everything in the set.

I know the loco is nothing special, in that it's the basic 4-4-2 that came with the basic sets, but overall it just looks like a fun set!

Here is an ebay listing for another one that sold (and I didn't pay near as much as this one sold for!)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lione...rksid=p2047675.l2557

Interesting in that Quaker Oats bought Marx!

Jon

Eddie M,

   Pictures Please!

PCRR/Dave

Here is one of the prints that's included with the set, and explains why the set has 2 cabooses (cabeese?):

http://www.museumofplay.org/on...tions/5/18/92.1302.4

There is also a print of some kind of display at a World's Fair for when the oatmeal debuted.

Actually, I'm going to look up the history of the print I linked.  Buying the set because it looked neat and would be fun to have is going to open up a new subject for me to research!

I had this set but sold it quite some time ago.  Believe there was some info in the LCCA Lion Roars as to its origins. There was also a Captain Crunch boxcar offered in late 1999, seems to be much harder to find than the set. I'll look to see if I can find any more info on the set.

Owner's manual...

https://www.lionelsupport.com/...5948711985250002.pdf

Feb 1999 issue of the Lion Roars (LCCA) has an article about the set.  Article states 1100 sets were made. There are some other Quaker Oats related items including a Life Cereal boxcar and also a Rice-A-Roni trolley.

The Gatorade car really looks cool

See article beginning on page 11...

http://www.lionelcollectors.or.../vol28-no4-feb99.pdf

Since Pepsi bought Quaker Oats, this set would also be related.

Do not forget the original post-war Quaker Oats set, x-600, I have the set, but not the coupon u were suppose to send in to get the set.

Tom