This week a completely new item, just arrived in the mail today.
A seemingly unremarkable set, 3188 locomotive from 1931 with no reverse, log, gondola, box, and caboose.
Only thing that is slightly rare is the dark blue log car.
However, the set came in its original box, which is what makes it interesting. The set is labeled for Nation Wide Lines.
The artwork is slightly off from the set, as the artwork shows the Old Dominion set of 1930-1931, which features a 3195 engine and smaller tender (as shown in the artwork, but not found in the set) The artwork for the Old Dominion set is below
As you may have guessed from my username Nation Wide Lines, I like these sets made for JC Penney. The early set labels are shown below.
These set labels were used from c. 1929 to c. 1930 and featured sets that were lithographed with JC Penney's store brand "Nation Wide" similar to set 126/2 below.
However, as the Great Depression went on, the fortunes of JC Penney declined and they no longer were able to get specially lithographed sets.
The later NWL sets appear to be from c. 1931 and had differing labels. The big difference is the labels showed the individual sets (or a reasonable representation of the set) and all of the sets were standard American Flyer items.
Set 128/1
Set 128/11
NWL
