BOUCHER 2222 BABY BLUE COMET SET LOTHROP DEPT STORE DC

BOUCHER

2222 LOCO & TENDER

BABY BLUE COMET SET CIRCA 1932

CHRISTMAS

WINDOW DISPLAYED AT

WOODWARD LOTHROP DEPT STORE

WASHINGTON DC

AN INCREDIBLE FIND FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNERS ESTATE.....OFFERED IS THIS ULTRA RARE ALL ORIGINAL AS FOUND BOUCHER LOCO, TENDER AND 2 ONLY BOUCHER BLUE COMET PASSENGER CARS.....THIS SET WAS PURCHASED OUT OF THE CHRISTMAS DISPLAY WINDOW OF WOODWARD LOTHROP DEPARTMENT STORE IN WASHINGTON DC BY THE OWNERS PARENTS ALONG WITH ALL THE WOOD BASE WELL MARKED BOUCHER TRACK USED IN THE DISPLAY....THE STORE OPTED'D FOR A 2 CAR SET DUE TO SPACE REQUIREMENTS TO RUN THIS VERY LONG SET....EACH CAR MEASURES 21 INCHES, THE LOCO AND TENDER OVER 2 FEET IN LENGHT.....OVERALL THIS SET IS UN-MESSED WITH...IT SAT WITH IT'S ORIGINAL OWNER A WW2 USMC PILOT TILL HIS PASSING....I PURCHASED THIS FINE SET FROM AN ESTATE HANDLER WHO ARRANGED ITS SALE THROUGH THE PILOTS WIDOW.....

BOUCHER COINED THEIR SETS BLUE COMETS NOT BY THE OVERALL COLOR OF LOCO/CARS BUT BY THE CARS ALONE.....SOMEWHAT LIKE THE CATALOGED LIONEL BLACK 392E WITH BLUE COMET CARS CATALOGED AROUND 1933, A COMET SET BUT NOT A COMET SET.....2 CAR BOUCHER SETS CONSISTED OF THE 2-4-0 LOCO WHICH WAS CATALOGED WITH A COMBINE AND PULLMAN BY BOUCHER....THIS SET WAS A SPECIAL ORDER SET WITH THE 2-6-0 LOCO NUMBER 2222, ITS TENDER AND MISSING THE COMBINE CAR AS THE WINDOW WAS LIMITED TO ROOM TO RUN THE TRAINS....NOTE THIS IS AN ODD HAND REVERSE MODEL LOCO NOT AN ELECTRONIC REVERSE....LEVER ABOVE THE COW CATCHER.....THIS IS JUST THE WAY THE FAMILY PURCHASED THIS SET THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT STORE.....LOCO RUNS FWD/REV FINE!....NOTE THERE ARE 4 STRAIGHT TRACKS ON THEIR WOOD BASES WITH POWER TERMINALS TO DISTRIBUTE EQUAL POWER AROUND THE LAYOUT SO THE TRAINS WOULD RUN WITHOUT A LOSS OF POWER.....

OVERALL THE SET IS VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT MINUS....PLAYWEAR AS SHOWN, THE TENDER HAS PAINT WEAR, CORROSION ETC, THE LOCO AND SUPER NICE BLUE COMET CARS MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE....ONE PULLMAN AXEL IS MISSING, I HAVE THE WHEELS.

SELDOM OFFERED, THIS SET IS FOR THE ADVANCED COLLECTOR....THIS IS NOT FROM A COLLECTION BUT FROM ONE ORIGINAL OWNERS FAMILY....A GREAT FIND....ADDITIONAL PICTURES UPON REQUEST.....LOCO TESTED AOK!......BUYER TO PAY S/H, GOOD LUCK, PETER SEMETIS TCA 75 7361.

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A REASONABLE RESERVE IS SET AS TO IT'S RARITY, THIS SET IS A SCREAMER.

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AN UP DATE ON THE TRACK, I POPPED BACK INTO THE TRACK BOX, TOTAL COUNT IS 4 POWER STRAIGHT TRACKS, 4 NON POWER STRAIGHT TRACKS 16 CURVE TRACKS. MUST HAVE BEEN A NICE SIZE DISPLAY. 24 PIECES TOTAL.