Gilbert Catalog
Price in 1949: $19.95
22 pieces. 46 1/2" long
Start this 4-car freight train on its exciting run with smooth precision — just as a real engineer would. There’s no jerky "jack-rabbit" jumping here — thanks to its smooth-pulling worm-gear drive. The gleaming black locomotive has four mighty drive wheels with eccentric arm double action piston rods. Automatic coupling and manual uncoupling add to the fun of operating.

Set consists of: No. 300 die-cast Locomotive with Lucite electric headlight and pressed steel Tender, 16" long; 641 Gondola Car, 8"; 640 Hopper Car, 6*; "; 639 Box Car, 7 13/16"; 638 Caboose, 6". Track: 12 sections No. 702 curved, 2 No. 700 straight, 1 No. 704 manual uncoupling device, 1 No. 690 Track Terminal, No. 1 25 Watt Transformer. Track makes 140" oval, Price $19.95, Denver and west $20.95.