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 Posted - November 25 2007 : 5:33:30 PM
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Does anyone have any idea what year(or years) this item was offered ?
I picked it up at a train show today.
I also picked up these.
Thanks for any help on the year of the accesory
Bob
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Posted - November 27 2007 : 12:42:33 PM
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The carded Freight Handling Depot is late '60s. I believe its original version was battery powered and sold on a card and not boxed.
Tony Cook
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Posted - November 27 2007 : 2:13:14 PM
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| Weren't the freight depots already ACC powered by the late 60's? I would figure the carded-battery example as posted to be around the mid-60's, tops. The other excellent site (linked on this site, somewhere) which shows many 60's catalogs, might aid in narrowing it down. I would likewise figure the freight cars to be early-mid 60's, as the red boxes changed somewhat by the end of the red box era. In fact, I have a boxed set (Mammoth of the Rails), that seems to have come from the late '50's that has similar style red boxes. --Just my thoughts--I'll defer final judgement to Mr. Cook, as his thoughts have a lot more research behind them!
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Posted - November 27 2007 : 4:37:53 PM
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Thank You Tony.
Yes this is the battery operated version.
Bob Taylor
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