All About Aurora Postage Stamp Trains
4709: P.S.T. Special Set
Ostensibly released by C.J. Bubla, this Special Set was packed
in a yellow flat box with either original foam trays or one of two yellow vacu-formed trays.
Although the order sheet specifies Santa Fe as the road name, this set has also been sold with Penn Central and Baltimore & Ohio locos, so the choice of road name may
have been catch-as-catch-can. Likewise the rolling stock assortment varied depending on the packaging. MSRP was $27.50; Woolworth was selling them for $19.97.
Contents
Rolling Stock
Contents dependent on packaging options.
- F9-A diesel locomotive
- hopper car or longitudinal hopper or gondola
- cattle car
- tank car—or not
- boxcar
- caboose
Track
- 3 X 4-3/8" straight
- 1 X 4-3/8" rerailer
- 11 X 7-1/2" radius 30 degree curve
- 1 X curved feeder track
Other Items
- service manual
- power pack
- hook-up wire
Packaging
This set has appeared in three packaging arrangements. One features the original foam trays of the standard train sets, with extremely minimal labeling; there are no labels on the ends of this box.
The other two packaging styles have yellow vacu-formed trays molded to accept the F9-A packed in either a normal cardboard box, or in a clear plastic "jewel case."
Above photos courtesy of Bob Williams.
