@LEAPINLARRY Thanks man. That #5340 was made at the Mt. Clemens, Michigan Plant in the United States (SCORE!!) and I also got a 40 minute DVD that shows how the #5340 Hudson was made. I got this train bundled with the 6-19172, 6-19173, 6-19174, and 6-19175 passenger cars from 1997. So basically those passenger cars are the same age as me..but I guess those cars aged better than me honestly. About those passenger cars, here is what they look like:
Btw, did this set ever had a combo car, dome car, etc? 
