I received a Walthers "Trainline" Deluxe HO Railroad Set as a gift back in 1995. It is a Caterpillar Tractor Co. themed set. Since that time I haven't done much with it. I did try a few times in the last decade to see if anything showed up about this particular set, on the Internet. I haven't found ANY information. Not even anybody who owns one. I came close recently and saw a Caterpillar set, but it was in O guage.
I get compelled from time to time to open it up to play around with it. However, I hold off and put it away for a year or two at a time, then get it back out to do some more research.
This is a limited edition set distributed by Norscot Group. I finally decided to call them recently to see what they can tell me about it. They said they don't have any information on something that old. They had a long time employee who remembers doing sets like this for Caterpillar, but the only info I could get is they made tens of thousands of numbered sets on any given year. I guess I should be lucky to have a lower serial number on mine, #1147 to be exact.
Has anybody ever seen this particular set? The Norscot "model" number is #444930
Thanks, Jeff
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