First, the backstory:
My wife and I went on a Route 66 adventure in 2017. We visited family in Oklahoma I hadn't seen in years. While executing a bottle of JD Single Barrel, the subject of toy trains came up. My cousin says in his Okie drawal "I got some ole Lionel trains, wanna see um?" So we go upstairs to his home office, he enters a walk-in closet and comes out with this:
So after five years we settled on a price for it to be mine. It was worth the 1500 mile round trip because the condition of the set is excellent, and there was no way I would let him mail it to me. I haven't been to York in years, but this more than makes up for that.
The rest of the booty:
This set was purchased new in 1956 at Mulraney's House of Trains, now known as Trainland in Lynbrook, NY. I am the third owner in the same family. I am very grateful for this blessing!
...especially with 'distant' (pun permitted) relatives!
