Hey all I was looking at the Bed, Bath,&Beyond avertisement got in the mail today and they have a Lionel Starter set in it for $199.99 It has the Die cast 4-4-2 8743 Lionel lines tender. Doesn’t say anything about whistle but it does have smoke a Boxcar, gondola with 2 wire reels, and caboose has 60 X 40 fast track and powermax transformer[tdn] and smoke fluid. Oh I missed a plastic bridge and one 2 sided billboard.
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=16035467