OFFERED IS A NEAR EXCELLENT COMPLETE HO VINTAGE (CIRCA 1963) LIMA ELECTRIC TRAIN (WITH INTERNAL LIGHTING TO BOTH CABS) AND 3 COACHES. SET IN DEDICATED BOX WITH OVAL OF TRACK AND WORKING 220v STEP DOWN 12v TRANSFORMER CONTROLLER (NOT ELECTRICALLY CHECKED). A NOTE FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER CONFIRMS THAT THIS LOCO WAS INTRODUCED IN 1963 AND WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE THE "G"SHAPED MOTOR, UNLIKE OTHERS IN THE SAME YEAR. ALSO THE TWO ORIGINAL PANTOGRAPHS (WHICH ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION) ARE OF STAMPED SHEET METAL CONSTRUCTION. LATER A MARKLIN TYPE DOUBLE PICK UP SHOE WAS USED. THE LIVERY IS ORIGINAL AS USED IN 1963. IN 1973 APPARENTLY THE DUTCH LIVERY WAS CHANGED. THE MODEL APPEARS AS NO. 8024 ON PAGE 5 0F THE 1963 LIMA CATALOGUE. THE LATER CHANGED LIVERY MODEL APPEARED IN THE 1972 LIMA CATALOGUE ON PAGE 19.
