Professor Carp’s Toy Train Emporium: Episode 8
By Roger Carp | October 2, 2015
| Last updated on November 3, 2020
Roger explains an interesting story about a 6464-50 Minneapolis & St. Louis boxcar and its box
Roger I rea;y enjoy Professor Carp’s Toy Train Emporium. I haven’t seen a new addition for sometime. Are you planning on doing anymore episodes?
My father started buying Lionel trains around 1950. It seems like most of the boxes were marked at a reduced price. He was lucky that he had 2 hobby shops near us to deal with. Does anyone remember what a hobby shop smelled like with all the sets displayed in glass showcases? At the age of 5, I sure do. Good times! Thanks for the video.
Somehow I missed the Prof's video till now. Love the historical stuff both in video & in the mag.
Thanks
This 6464-50 was my first new car as a child. It was purchased in 1955 in
Silver Spring, MD. Mine is a type 1 ,but the box has no store stamp or pencil
pricing. Thanks for another informative video.
Ted Berry
Kinston,NC
Thanks for INFO and really enjoyed the video, as orgional boxes R getting harder to locate as well as older LNL items.
Thank you Roger, a very entertaining video with a lot of great information. One piece of information that took me by surprise, I did not know the government (Bureau of Labor and Statics) had a inflation calculator. I've bookmarked this page for future use. I also just received your special issue, Best Layouts & Store Displays, it too is filled with a lot of great information and photographs.
I enjoy Roger. His books are great. He is very knowledgeable. He has helped me out a couple of times. Good informative video.
I cannot access this video on my computer. No matter how hard I try to play it, it keeps buffering so constantly that I cannot watch the video at all. Visiting the Video FAQ page and following its tip according to what the Macro-Media Flash Player folks suggest I do hasn't helped at all. Sorry.
Such thorough research on multiple levels — as always, good job Roger. I have one of these 6464 M&STL cars from my Lackawanna FM set as a child; it made me remember when almost any good sized hardware or department store had Lionel trains, especially at Christmas. It would be fascinating to chart the number of hobby & toy shops that were around in the 1950s. As a kid in St Louis, our favorite was Johnson's Trains, which had begun business in 1926 — always some fascinating items on the shelves there and in their glass cases, with the longevity of that store, which I think survived into the 1970s.
Very interesting and informative presentation, clearly stated, enjoyed very much, thanks!
That was a very interesting and educational video. I never realized that collectors of Lionel could also be described as "rivet counters". Thanks.
Excellent lesson from the "professor", Mr Carp!
I love post war trains and found this very interesting. I have a few boxes from Madison Hardware in NY, near where I used to work.
Very interesting and informative segment. The history you find is great. Wish I could find post war lionel with their original boxes. Keep the history lessons coming. Thank you
Roger,
Insightful information. Hope to see you at York next week.
Thanks Roger for a different slant referring to uncovering the mysteries on a Lionel box. I never looked at the box that way. I am really enjoying your "101 Trains " book . The amount of research you did makes for interesting reading.
great info Prof! thanks