Here’s what that boy really wanted!
http://www.myflyertrains.org/AF_Catalogs/D1782/AF_catalog_index1.htm
Ray
hahahaha, I wasn’t even borne yet! [:)]
When you’re done with your story, perhaps you would post it for us. I’d like to read it!
The 2353 SF, 2354 NYC, and the 2356 Southern were also in the 1955 catalog for separate sale (not in any sets) – the SF pictured with the other two listed, but not shown, on page 31. B-units also listed, with the Southern pictured.
Also note that in ChesBchRy’s long listing of items in the 1955 catalog, he shows the 2353-4-6 as A-B sets, but they were in fact A-As, with the Bs offered separately.
Martin
How could I have missed those, Martin? Sorry about that.
Bob – I tend to forget about them, too – don’t feel bad. They’re like the tail on the dog, no doubt listed just to get rid of items in stock. Maybe a few were assembled from parts they had around just to complete some orders.
And BTW, the 2356 Southern (but not the SF or NYC) was carried over and shown (for separate sale) yet again in 1956, along with the IC and Wabash A-Bs. Little tiny listing in the back part of the catalog with little tiny pictures of the Southern and the IC; the Wabash didn’t even get a picture at all.
Martin