Lionel 1951 Santa Fe Freight Set 2175W

[Terry]

This is the top of the line set from 1951.  Set conatins a 2343 Santa Fe F3 AA pair and five cars.  This set was $70 new in 1951. The same set with a 6555 metal single dome tank car was offered in 1950 for $57.50, but the Korean war had put a premium on metal and caused rapid inflation.

Hewre's pictures of the set:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boxes for the AA set. The locos were wrapped in oilpaper, then placed into diecut inserts which are then slid into the outer box. The paperboard outer box for the dummy A unit is almost always missing some tabs. This set has all tabls.

 

 

Paperwork includes instruction sheets, a billboard sheet, insrtuction manual and a poster


 

 

 

[CNJRR]

They look like new.

[Terry]

This is a crisp like new set with the boxes and all items except the wires for the track bundles, the battery and the envelope that held the lockon and wires. The grease would have been inside the powered A unit box. A battery is needed to run the horn.  I think the battewry was also inside the A unit box.

Here's pictures of the poster:

 

 

This set was used for Christmas in 1951 and 1952, and then packed away. Over the years people opened the box and examined the cars to see what was in the box. The locos were in the bottom of the carton so they weren't touched. The son lived in the house the parents had bought in the 1940s until a few months ago. The trains were found in a closet when the house was cleaned out.

I used to find gorgeous trains like this frequently. Now, not so often.