Here's an interesting boxed set. American Flyer's top of the line passenger set from 1927: Set 1466 - The President's Special.
The set is a 4687 12-wheeled Loco and three cars. I have all the boxes and set components except the loco box. The loco was in a Lionel 402 or 408E box.
Some interesting peripherals that are rarely seen are the red shelf card - this is two pieces of cardboard so you can stick it on the track or stand it on a shelf by the set when it's for sale in a store.
And more commonly seen but still neat are the reverse unit instructions on the yellow card, and the motor oiling instructions on the red card.
These two cards were tied to the locomotive when it was shipped from the factory.
The cars came wrapped in waxed paper in flimsy cardboard boxes with the number and description stamped on the end. The blue cars have six-wheel flex trucks. The earlier buff or tan cars had four-wheel flex trucks.
The three cars are 4090 Baggage, 4091 West Point Passenger and 4092 Annapolis observation.
The whole group came in a large carton with some track:
Here's a few more photos:
We collectors tend to compare this set with Lionel's blue comet, but the blue comet was 3 years in the future. The top of the line Lionel set in 1927 was the 408E with four 418 series passenger cars.
