So, A good friend of Mrs. Lionelski and mine, whose husband passed 8 years ago, is clearing out her house to downsize and came across his old trains and wanted to know if I wanted them.
They consisted of a 1957 set headed by a 2037 steamer, great condition with original boxes and set box. 2 transformers, switches and lots of tracks.
While I would love to have them, I asked her if her Grandson would want them to play with. She replied, "No, as he would destroy them". She then told me that "her daughter has fond memories of running them around their Christmas tree with her father when she was young".
So, I took them home, cleaned and lubed them, replaced the line cord and a few missing parts from the KW transformer, cleaned the track, rewired the switch controllers, removed some mildew from the boxes. I photocopied a set of instructions too.
The trains were then put back in their places in the set box.
Today I surprised her daughter with the set - tears fell!
Like I said, A really great day!
