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       Gotta love freebies
       By: artfull dodger Date: June 9, 2020, 11:43 pm
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       While I have chosen prewar OO for my current home layout.  A
       free 2035 set was to hard to turn down.  It was literally barn
       fresh from the original family.  They were cleaning out the barn
       and found the old train set in a tattered, mouse eaten box.
       Even the marker lights were intact.  A basic cleaning of the
       engine it took off running, smoking and sequencing like its
       brand new.  Same for the whistle.  The basic set cars cleaned up
       nice, but the automatic dump car is in pieces and missing parts.
       The track was mostly solid rust so they just trashed that.  The
       1033 still needs to go thru my shops for a new cord and a
       massive cleaning.  The worst was the baggage platform and
       gatemans shanty, both had mouse nests in them.  That was nasty
       cleaning(done outdoors).  But they are clean now and dont stink
       thankfully.   I will use this set under the tree this year and
       at our Jeep club's xmas party as they are members of the club.
       Mike the Aspie.
       Here is when I got it home
  HTML https://i.ibb.co/HKGpNJq/Lionel2035set.jpg
       Here is the engine cleaned up and operational
  HTML https://i.ibb.co/5BWFRgM/Lionel2035loco.jpg
       Here is the basic set, cleaned up and ready for more years of
       enjoyment
  HTML https://i.ibb.co/YjGLRgW/Lionel2035setrestored.jpg
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       Re: Gotta love freebies
       By: raymondreinhard@ameritech.net Date: September 21, 2020, 9:13
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       Gives new meaning to the term "barn find".
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