Freight Train Sets pulled by the #21085 C&NW Pacific engine
		#21085 is one of Gilbert's longest lasting engines, sold for eight years from 1958 to 1965. It appeared in twenty two sets and had many variations over those years.
		#9993 unnamed set made in 1959, with a 24539, 24106, 24322, 24203, 913, 24603
	#20048 Department Store Special No. 2 made in 1959, with a 24221, 24558, 24048, 24636
		#20061 Sears Train Set #5 made in 1959, with a 24539, 24106, 24322, 24203, 24407, 24603
		#20139 Red Ball Freight made in 1958, with a 25043, 24309, 24516, 24603
		#20157 Pacific Department Store Special made in 1958, with a 24403, 24203, 24309, 24603
		#20157 unnamed set made in 1958, with a 801, 24039, 24025, 24603
		#20158 J.C.Penney Assortment made in 1958, with a 24003, 24203, 24603, 24103, 24403, 24219, 24543, 24546
	#20165 Pierce & Phelps Special made in 1958, with a 24309, 34106, 34039, 24203, 24603
		#20218 AMC Pacific on Trestle Set made in 1961, with a 24330, 25081, 24636, 24127
		#20249 unnamed set made in 1964, with a 24575, C2009, 25082, 24636, 24057
		#20420 Mountaineer made in 1958, with a 24219, 24543, 24546 (Photo courtesy of my friend Joe Philippson.)
		#20515 Reliable made in 1959, with a 24113 gondola with 3 canisters, 24556, 24561, 24546 The #24113 gondola was sold with either 3 or 5 canisters, but the TM Guide says it always had 3 in this set. (Photo courtesy of Rick Dunn.)
		#20597 Trade Special made in 1964, with a 24058, 24566, C2009, 24575, 24636
		#20615 The Thunderbolt made in 1960, with a #24065 NYC Boxcar, a #24575 Borden's Milk Flatcar, a #24125 gondola with rail load, and a #24631 Caboose.  The set also includes 12 #26720 curved track, 2 #26700 straight track,  #22004 40-watt Transformer, 2 #26810 Pow-R-Clip track terminals, and a #704 manual uncoupler.
			#G The Thunderbolt is one of nine uncatalogued Interstate sets created in 1960 to reduce unsold inventory.  It is set #20615 with a #26419 Acccessory Pack which contained 4 #26700 straight track, 8 #26720 curved track, 12 #26763 track locks, #26782 Trestle Set, and #26690 Track Terminal. The TM Guide saysit also included a #26753, but none of my books lists a #26753; it may be a typo for the #26752 remote uncoupler
			#H The Thunderbolt is another of the Interstate sets made in 1960 comprising set #20615 with a #26420 Acccessory Pack which contained 4 #26700 straight track, 8 #26720 curved track, 12 #26763 track locks, #725 Track Crossing, and enough fiber roadbed to make a figure 8 layout.
				#J The Thunderbolt is another of the Interstate sets made in 1960 comprising set #20615 with a #26421 Acccessory Pack which contained a #25046 Rocket Launcher and a #25515 USAF Rocket Sled flatcar. (Photo courtesy of Rick Dunn.)
			#20730 The Champion Freight Set made in 1961 with 25071, 24328, 25082, 24566 (Picture courtesy of Steven Rounds.)
			Some of these sets were made with the #24328 Shell Tank Car rather than the #24330 Baker's Chocolate Tank Car. (Picture courtesy of Ayk Hidirsah.) A small number were made with the rare gray #24566 flatcar.
		#20766 unnamed set made in 1963 and 1964, with a 24566, 24230, 24329, 24422, 24103, 24634
		#20813 The Westerner 1200 made in 1965 and 1966, with a 24575, 24566, 24054, 24328, 24634
		#20823 Macy's Mail Order Train #3 made in 1965, with a 24575, 24566, 24328, 24054, 24634
		#121811 unnamed set made in 1968, with a 24549, 24569, 24533, 24316
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