A couple months ago, I got a Flyer 1217 set for $40.00! The cars are in Good condition, and will look better after some clean up, but the 1218 locomotive looked to be a complete mess: someone repainted the shell red with a black roof (I guess to match the Milwaukee cars with it) and it just didn't look like it would be good for anything but parts.
Last night, I decided to get the set out again and look at it, and upon looking at the locomotive again, it actually looked to be in good shape mechanically. I cleaned it up, put some lube on the gears, and it ran! So it's actually a better deal than I originally thought!
I'm going to work on restoring the engine to it's orange color (the original color is still inside the shell), but I was wondering if anyone can let me know what year the set was issued with the orange 1218?
It has the 1218 plus the Milwaukee baggage car and two coaches (Seattle?) with no observation car.
If anyone has any information, I'd appreciate it, as I want to get a copy of the catalog from that year and go from there!
Thank you!
