Back in the early 1950s my grandmother received a complete train set for Christmas. The set was so precious it would only be brought out for two days each year over the holidays and would fill the entire living room.

In 1959 the train set was packed away for good, shortly there after she moved to Canada. It was her believe that everything was later thrown out or sold however in the late 80s her father passed away and she headed to Australia to deal with the estate.

During this process the locomotives were discovered in a box at the bottom of a closet. Unfortunately by this point zinc pest had damaged the frames, making them much more fragile. On the trip back to Canada many were further damaged in transit.

Now some sixty plus years later I decided to give my best efforts in getting one of them riding the rails again.