The first set I am offering for sale is the #4607A Pennsylvania Freight Set made in 1948 which I got from its original owner. The engine and cars have their original gold weight link couplers which work well. It includes the original boxes for everything, but only one end of the set box. There are four extra straight tracks, four half straight tracks, and a second track terminal that weren't in the original set. Three track locks are missing and the transformer needs a new cord. Book value adjusted for condition is $270.00.(SD/DM)

The engine in that set is a nice #312 Pacific in TCA C-6/C-7 condition. It runs well, forward and reverse, and reverses more reliably than most. The headlight socket is damaged so you can't insert a bulb.

From that 1946 Gilbert set, we jump to the modern Amtrak SuperLiner Phase 3 SLBSP3 set from American Models. I am selling two of these sets for a member of our train club. The sets are identical except that the DCC engine in set 1 is programmed as number 365 and that in set 2 is 385. The engines and cars are all in solid C-7 condition, flirting with C-8. Each engine runs and sounds great. Each set includes a coach, baggage coach, and café car in which the lights work though their wheels need to be cleaned; the fourth car is missing. There is no track because the previous owner installed it on his layout which has been sold. Both boxes overall are P-7, but that in set 1 must be rated P-5 because one torn flap has been taped. Based on comparable sets offered on the internet, I figure they're worth $400 each, though the Greenberg value is $300. In order to save a lot on shipping, you may want to buy each set without its box. (WN)

And a Lionel Flyer 49602 Northern Pacific Passenger Train Set with three add-on cars, the 48117 B-Unit, the 48924 Vista Dome, and 48925 Coach, all in Like New condition in their origial boxes. The Greenberg book value, adjusted for condition, is $805. (SD/MM2)

Returning to the old days, I have a Gilbert 4601 Atlantic Freight Set from 1946 in C-6/C-7 condition valued at $175. The only box I have is that for the engine. The 630 caboose is the unpainted, unlighted 1946 version with silver lettering. The caboose and boxcar have some of the warping common to these early plastic cars. All couplers have been converted to knuckle couplers. The tracks and uncoupler have the 1946 black rails. This set was sold without a transformer but I have several available, sold separately. (SD/JC)

This is its #300 Reading Atlantic locomotive. It is the genuine 1946 version of the Atlantic engine with the Reading name indented ion the side of the tender, and two buttons underneath the locomotive. Notice the early linkage rods that are more interesting than those on later Atlantics.

Next is this 4801 Atlantic Freight Set in C-5/C-6 condition valued at $105.00. (SD/RB)

Its 302 locomotive runs, reverses, and smokes well.

Next is a Frontiersman set similar to those sold in 1960, but it is missing the #20 coach car. The engine is in TCA C-6/C-7 condition and runs well, forward and reverse. The reverse unit is a little sticky. The car bodies are very clean, similarly in C-6/C-7 condition, but there are rust spots on the tension bars and the couplers operate stiffly. The set contains eight straight tracks; the Gilbert sets contained none. Book value adjusted for condition is $154.00 (SDSG/SB).

And I have a Frontiersman train with engine and all three cars but nothing else. The engine runs and smokes great. It is in C-6/C-7 condition and valued at $174 (SDSG/MM2).

Next is this 5008A Santa Fe pasenger set in C-6/C-7 condition valued at $315.00. The 360 PA engine has been serviced and runs fine; the reversing unit is typically sticky. The engine headlight and all passenger car lghts work. The horn in the 364 PB unit works but is barely audible. (SDSG/MM2)

Then a great starter set I made up myself; it is not a set sold by Gilbert. All cars have their original link couplers and no broken steps. The set has a loop track with 12 curves and 6 straights, a good size to go around a six-foot Christmas Tree. Book value adjusted for condition is $141.80 (MY,CU,&SD/JW)

It features a #282 Pacific 4-6-2 locomotive in TCA C-6/C-7 condition. It runs well, forward and reverse, and smokes well. The reverse unit is a little sticky.

And a late model 100Watt 8B transformer with reversing button and brand new cord.