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I recently picked up the following:

the box says Coca-Cola brand trains. Ttax tractor trailer train set. From what I can tell is that this set was never ran let alone removed from the set box. The set in complete with the following:

MP 15 diesel 

3 ttax spline cars with two red tractors 

red coca-cola caboose.

im basically looking for any information I can find out about this set. The set is mint in the box. The box itself has some slight signs of age on one side. 

Any and all information is greatly appreciated on this 

rescpectfully

HMS

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Is this the set you bought? Don

K-1226   COKE Nostalgic "It's The Real Thing" Set, completeCoca-Cola
   $239.95 ea.    
K-1226

Nostalgia has a way of sneaking up on you. This nostalgic train set is based on a COCA-COLA set from the 1970s. All your favorites are here including COKE, TAB, SPRITE and FANTA ORANGE.

This train is also available in a collector's edition that includes just the MP-15 diesel, caboose and three boxcars.

© 2003 The Coca-Cola Company. All rights reserved.

Catalog: 2004 1st and 2nd Editions
Release Date: SOLD OUT

Train Set Features
  •   Coke brand Nostalgic MP-15 Diesel
  •   Coke brand Nostalgic Caboose
  •   Nostalgic Boxcar (SPRITE)
  •   Nostalgic Boxcar (TAB)
  •   Nostalgic Boxcar (FANTA)
  •   31" x 41" SuperSnap Oval Track Layout
  •   AC Transformer
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K-1226_PT1This set was based on the early 1970s Lionel set. To make the catalog photo, the 3 actual Lionel boxcars were used alone with a K-Line caboose and MP-15. If you look very closely at the catalog photo you will see that the K-Line art staff forgot to make the Built by Lionel graphic disappear from the 3 boxcars. For the actual production that space is left blank on the boxcars as Coca-Cola would not allow it to read BLT BY K-LINE.

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I haven't seen any Tab drinks in many years now. My paternal grandmother, who lived nest to the Southern's Sheffield to Birmingham main line, used to drink it all the time years ago. I was not very fond of it really. We used to go to a classic country store to get it, a place called Ponder's Store, where the proprietor and his family lived on the second floor and the store itself was on the first floor. In those pre-air conditioning days, you had to push open a screen door with a Colonial bread sign on it to get in. There was a spring on the door that would pull it back closed behind you with a slam. There were Pure Oil Company gas pumps out front next to the highway. Pure was a prominent brand in Alabama back then. Southern ran their modern diesels pulling freight trains through that area several times a day. I used to watch them from my grandmother's front porch while drinking the Tab that I really didn't care for, but it was cold and wet.Those were good days. 

Thank you to all who replied to the topic. It’s extremely nice to have folks out there who have information when you need it. 

The information on the set helps a lot. Believe it or not it my wife who is now collecting the trains. She prefers to collect the coca-cola: be it cars, trucks and trains!

i have a feeling this is might be a long and possibly an expensive journey we are about to under take. 

Again thank you all!

Well you (or your wife) could spend a fair amount of time and money just collecting the Coca-Cola stuff that K-Line sold.  Most of the items are readily available but some items are pretty scarce.  This link to the K-Line legacy site will give you an idea of some of what they made.  It is not complete as you'll note your set isn't listed!

http://www.legacykline.com/app..._road_name=Coca-Cola

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