LIONEL 1930 DEPARTMENT STORE SPECIAL MAROON CREAM STRIPE 8 & MOJAVE 337 337 338

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LIONEL UNCATALOGED
DEPARTMENT STORE SPECIAL
MAROON WITH CREAM TRIM & STRIPE
NUMBER 8 LOCO & 337 337 338
RARE SET 4 THE ADVANCED COLLECTION
OFFERED IS THIS VERY RARE DEPARTMENT STORE SPECIAL SET CIRCA 1930. TCA STANDARD OF THE WORLD SECOND EDITION LISTS THE LOCO AS "MAROON WITH CREAM STRIPE" SPECIAL. SEE THE LAST PICTURE. THIS ORIGINAL SET IS SOLD AS I PURCHASED IT FOR MY COLLECTION..
INTERESTING IS THE LOCO IS A LATE NUMBER 8 WITH CAST HEADLAMPS, NOT PUNCHED FOR STRAP HEADLAMPS AS EARLY MAROON LOCOS ARE FOUND. WINDOWS AND VENTS ARE CREAM, AND SPORTS A CREAM BEAD STRIPE AS SHOWN. THIS IS THE SECOND LOCO I HAVE COME ACROSS IN 50 YEARS. LITTLE IS KNOWN WHO AND WHY. STIPULATION THE SET WAS PUT TOGETHER  AND SOLD THROUGH JOHN WANAMAKER DEPARTMENT STORES DUE TO THE MAROON AND CREAM COLOR COMBO. THE CARS ARE 1926 ERA 337 337 338 IN MOJAVE WITH "MAROON TRIM" TO MATCH THE LOCO. BOXES ARE THE EARLY LIONEL WITH LARGE RED 337 INKED ON EACH BOX END. STAMPED 337 337 338 IN BLACK ON THE UPPER BOX FLAPS AS SHOWN. BOXES SHOW GLUE RESIDUE, DID NOT TRY TO STEAM OFF. JUST ANOTHER WAY THE FACTORY MOVED OFF UNWANTED OVERSTOCK CARS MAKING MIXED SETS FOR VARIOUS STORES. THIS IS THE WAY I PURCHASED THIS SET A WHILE AGO.
LOCO RUNS, RE-WHEELED AS SHOWN. BOXES HAVE ALL FLAPS OPENED ON THE TOP AS SHOWN. THE SET WAS NEVER CLEANED, SCRUBBED, OR WAXED. DUSTY AS SHOWN.
YOU WILL FIND RED MACY SETS, GREEN MACY SETS, PEACOCK MACY SETS, HOW MANY MAROON WITH CREAM TRIM & STRIPES DSS SETS HAVE YOU SEEN.
NO LOCO OR SET BOX.  SET BOX WAS MOST LIKELY MARKED "SPECIAL" AND "SPEC WINE".
THINNING OUT MY WIDE GAUGE.
BUYER TO PAY SECURE INSURED SHIPPING.
GOOD LUCK, PETE SEMETIS TCA 75 7361