Mid 1960 Macys, Long Island

You should have bought all three!

Great deal! Just curious: Did you ever replace the plastic tender?

In 1966 the catalog (list) price on the 773 with New York Central tender was $90.

Maybe the price was better than you recall.

railroad man posted:

Only got one with a lot of begging to my new bride. 

Says a lot, especially at the outset of a union.  Wonder what she was thinking.

What, me worry?

railroad man posted:

Back in the mid 1960s, just married, went shopping to Macys, Long Island? Just getting into train, in the clearence   toy section was three  773 scale hudsons reduced to 100.00 each with tenders. Only got one with a lot of begging to my new bride. Wonder who got the other two.

Roosevelt field? The only Macy's that I remember on Long Island...

There was a Macy's in Huntington too at the Walt Whitman Mall.

-Pete

There was a Macy's in Jamaica, (Queens); does that count as being on L.I. ?

I know the pure Long Islander's will say no.

I believe that was  May's if you're referring to the dept store at the end of the former terminus of the Jamaica El.   I had a white May's HO box car when I was a kid.

351_DD-1 posted:

 

I believe that was  May's if you're referring to the dept store at the end of the former terminus of the Jamaica El.   I had a white May's HO box car when I was a kid.

I know the May's store your talking about, just east of the end of the el, J line. But there was a Macy's on 165 St., north of Jamaica Ave.