My Parents brought a AF set in 1958. It had the Hudson and 7 cars. Retail price 79.95.
Allot of money in 1958 as my parents where not wealthy at all. Min. wage 1958 1 dollar a hour. Before taxes taken out. Mike From: Don Thompson Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 7:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Promotion of S When were quality AF trains cheaper than Lionel? I think one of the problems that AC Gilbert had was that there trains were not cheaper, but more expensive. Don On Feb 14, 2011, at 3:05 PM, J BROWNE wrote: > You are "spot on" Richard, as usual. > > AF was originally trying to compete with Lionel O gauge and offering > a lower > priced but quality product. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
