Under the holiday tree this year is an Ives 0 gauge tinplate electric train set, the Interstate Limited, offered for one year only in 1928, by the much revered Bridgeport, Ct. toy manufacturer. The set cost about $12.00 in 1928. When I acquired the set recently the locomotive was not working. It has soldered-in copper mesh motor brushes, not easily serviceable brush tubes, making replacement of the worn brushes more labor intensive, as shown in the video, Happy holidays!
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