American Flyer 976 Operating Cattle Car

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Gilbert's American Flyer S Scale Vintage Train This vintage train set was wrapped and stored in Sept. of 1969. We are now going to eBay all parts off individually. We have not assembled and ran this set so all items are sold “as Found”. Opening all the boxes which contained these trains was like opening up a time capsule. Each piece will require some cleaning and detailing, individual issues will be noted if necessary.This auction is for: Model # 976 Item Name: (1) one Operating Cattle Car Production years: 1953-1962 Notes: has closed slats    As I understand it, Most collectors operate and most operators collect. The pure collector is concerned only with appearance and the pure operator mostly with operation. I am none of the above. I have acquired the train cars and track accessories and will attempt to do my best to accurately describe condition and take good photographs. I do not know what works and what does not, and have no way of testing. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, I will try to answer as best I can. I do not wish to clean these cars or to restore finish in any way as I am not an expert, and I do not want to take anything apart to look for hidden numbers. These cars and track, etc. have been used and then were stored for many, many years.They are mostly in the same general condition and according read more