From 1992 to 2006 up in Canada, Christmas meant the new PC Express trainset. Today at Christmas, the sets are just a memory (unless you plan to buy one from those auction sites). I wrote about the history of the PC sets, and how they became linked to Christmas, on my blog.
Anyone else have memories of those PC Express trains?
John Longhurst, Winnipeg
John:
I have three of the engines, which in my opinion were the only good part of the sets.
One thing that happened here in southern Ontario was that a lot of show vendors started going into stores and buying a dozen or more sets for the purpose of profit, by inflating the price.
I have no idea why they were diccontinued.
Dave
Yah, yer right. That’s pretty Canadian, eh?
South of the border, the term appears to be more related to Tequila.
Ed