Super Cool Collection! Fellow Canadian Neil Young sold his Lionel collection for $300,000 at auction a few years back. He got into them to help his son Ben, who suffered from cerebral palsy, (as did his older son, Zeke) to have some interactions. He created a 700-foot model train track within a barn, as well as developing special controllers for the train set, allowing his son to control switching and power using a paddle system. The controls later formed the basis for a company called Liontech. In 1995, when the Lionel company was facing bankruptcy, Young put together an investment group to purchase the train company so that he might continue his research and development. Gotta Love Neil.
Alex, You are amazing in all that you accomplish or help others accomplish. You helped Adam make the most of his find and gain his footing to return home. You helped Mary find closure and acknowledge her talent without being critical of her organizational skills at home. She found appreciation and closure in knowing everything was going to be fine. Mary was able to find comfort and gently say good bye. Now you have helped Hans understand that his hard work and generosity to others is being returned to him from this awesome Curiosity Community. Kindness counts! Thanks for all you do!
What an eloquent way of describing Alex's beautiful spirit! He really is an exceptional man. He makes me proud to be an Albertan and I love that the world gets to see him and his lovely family!💖
It all started with an empty box from a matchbox car. Meant to be Alex. This kind of back story can't be made up. There is a movie begging to be made from this story. Such quality items all gathered together is an absolute treat to watch being unwrapped. Thank you for sharing.
Alex, I grew up on a farm in a Victorian era farm House. The front room was a big storage area,not the main entry,but a catchall bedroom with a chest freezer, a bed and a big plywood train set display. They were our Lionel Train set which I had on two levels. It was hard wired underneath with a huge spaghetti tangle of wires. Engines, caboose, assorted cars ,including a milk car which loaded and unloaded magnetically,and a coal car which could also be loaded along with other assorted items like building s, depots etc. WE had it in the forties and early fifties and eventually it went away, but your find was a big nostalgia moment for me. Thanks, Rik Spector
What a wonderful story about you as a child (& fledgling collector) buying Matchbox car boxes from the store you now own! You really did come full circle on that part of your life's calling! - LOVE the train! If I had the space and the $$, that would so be mine! My late father had a Lionel HO, all steel I think, that he bought in the early 1950's. I loved that train but my brother inherited it & then never set it up. - I think this was one of your best estate unboxing so far! Thanks for sharing it with us!!
Dragonfly Hill - Saw this done in a Burger King (of all places). It was neat to munch on lunch and watch the train travel the entire length and width of the building. Kept all the kids busy too! But if Alex does that in his store, the first train enthusiast will want to buy it because that’s always how those things work. 😁
Can you see the children coming home from school for their lollipops, they would never go home if there was a train layout, they would have lovely childhood memories though of the antique shop.
I have a Lionel O-27 gauge train set that my parents got me for Christmas one. year when I was around 7. They got it by saving up Van Camp's Pork and Beans labels, we got two sets. It had the transformer, track, Locomotive, flat car, box car (Van Camps of course) and caboose and we later added on more cars, including the Turbo Missile launcher car and a cattle car with a offloading ramp so that when you pulled the car up to the platform the doors would open and a cow would come out. My older sister had a different train with the locomotive that produced smoke when you added the smoke liquid thru the smokestack. I played with it a lot, even after I was married and moved out. We would set it up on the living room floor. We had one cat who would sit on the track and wait for the train to come around and run into him (not fast, we ran it pretty slow when he did that). The train would derail, he would let our a meow that sounded like a loud "PURT" and then he would move. Don't know how he avoided getting a shock from sitting across the rails. We told the story to a guy who drew a cartoon series called Off the Rails (model railroad but the railroad had an engineer and fireman who didn't know they were running a model train) and he did a whole weeks series based on that cat.
Hello lcs, Don't worry about your pus-pus getting shocked. The set's transformer put out 17 AC volts maximum, there is more sensation from your tongue touching both terminals of a 9 volt battery.
Sometimes life has a way of telling you that you are just where you’re meant to be. How awesome! So much cool stuff. Thanks for the sneak peak Alex.👍🏼🤘🏼😎
Wow! Talk about coming full circle. That story about the toy boxes is hair-raising. You are finally home and working in your element. It's so nice to see.
Alex the Curtiss Candy Company, who made the " Baby Ruth " Candy Bar, always claimed it was named after U.S. President Grover Cleveland's daughter " Ruth ".
@@CuriosityIncorporated Alex I have always wanted another tube radio like the one you showed recently. Our mom had one like that when I was a boy in the 60's. They always had such a rich mellow sound. I looked online but I only see replicas. Do you still have that one in your shop and is it for sale online?
@@CuriosityIncorporated Yes, Bill23799 is correct .I wanted to correct you, but saw he beat me to it. As a History buff, I always try to correct myths with the truth. The Babe Ruth myth is a hard one to dispel.
There is a special wonderment of how well antique toys were made back then and I appreciate how they were taken care of to this day. You can feel the love the owners had for them. The childhood story of you and the Matchbook boxes and your antique store made me tear up.. I love your channel and the stories you have for us...
That B-52 brought back a lot of memories. As a kid growing up in the Utica/Rome area of NY, (in the late 50's and early 60's) my dad worked at Griffiss AFB and the B-52 had some significance there, I'm not sure what, because I was just a kid, but I know that the B-52's were always there - I remember seeing them as a kid when my dad would take us on base. We would also hear a lot of planes breaking the sound barrier as we played in our backyards. My dad was later transferred to WPAFB here in Ohio after they were closing parts of Griffiss.
I’m with Magickmoi; fascinating story about the car boxes coming around full circle! That was the best part of the video, except that train set from 1934 was from the year my Dad was born! Very cool! Thanks for sharing today, Alexander!
That is so cool the train set it Alex. You find such amazing pieces and I love how you tell the history of the pieces. When I was very young my Dad asked me what I wanted from Santa. On Christmas my first present was a doll (never played with the doll) I did get the one thing I wanted, a lionel train set. My Dad and I, as I grew older, used to make boats and sail them around in a pond. Living in Detroit, we went to Belle Isle and sent a boat with a note to Windsor. Never had a note back so it probably capsized in the terrible currents of the Detroit river.
yes--AND Alex how about a light xmas tree outside next to the store for the holidays ? would look pretty at night ( you could plug it into a timer, go off at midnight )
I currently work in a museum. In the 70s, I had my first job in what is now our North gallery. Then it was an auto parts store that my school bus driver owned. Full circle moments, eh?
Good Morning...what a wonderful story of the same store you used to go into as a kid...And here you are now the owner of it!!! That is a really nice old train set!...
Thank you for this..brought back a lot of childhood memories..my dad worked for Amtrak and BNSF for years, I grew up in a major train hub along the Mississippi river in Iowa..lots of memories here
Our family had the old time lionel train & accessories! I think that you have some true old toy finds! Thanks for sharing this unboxing with us! Great finds and awesome video content!
Man that store is starting to be a childhood dream for kids they will not want to leave god help the parent that brings their kids too this shop well done.
You know the retail business a whole lot more than I, but it would be a blast to see part of that annex you'll build next spring have "planes, trains, automobiles" theme,. maybe with a train setup surrounding a Hot Wheels track! Something like that...
This entire post was neat. The full-circle serendipity - the score on all that great loot - and loved learning about it all. I could tell you all sorts of stuff about Barbies, but not a thing about planes, trains and automobiles. : - )
Some fascinating comments here already adding extra information. Reading the comments on some of Alex’s videos is as good as watching an episode of QI (fascinating U.K. panel show. More than “Quite Interesting “)
Uuuuh, what a fantastic/wonderful story! Now it's perfectly clear that heaven wanted you to have especially this store! Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. It's a piece of fullfilled fate. All that train stuff looks amazingly well for being so old. Thanks a lot for making taping editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all involved people.
Really neat haul, Alex! I'm just a big kid at heart and love toys. :-D Those trains are very special. Thanks for sharing your latest acquisitions. As for the irony of today owning the building you frequented as a kid seems magical. I love that story! :-D
The seed was planted early, and it grew well...eventually taking the form that was waiting for it: Antique Dealer & Shop owner. You made it back home, Alex! Much continued success to you and your family in your ventures...🙏💜👏
I found the standard size train set is a fantastic "find" when I was a little kid my brothers had an "O" scale set I believe. I know the engine was about a foot long.
Handsome trains.... looks like Mr. Rogers Neighborhood trains set. I remember when I was younger having and H scale train set.. then as I matured, it got retired and I then got a N scale train set. Super small scale. I had built the tracks (with help from my dad) on a flat piece of plywood then added styrofoam landscape and homes and other decor. Fun train set. Lasted for quite some time. My brother had also built his set the same and we would place the two next to one another which would expand the area that the trains could travel and of course the expand the look of landscape.
Alex I am really surprised you have not set up the trains & track to run in your store. I am sure there is some way you could suspend the track & have some trains running thru the rooms with some of the buildings set up for display.
People seem to be coming out of the woodwork bringing you some cool things to buy. The new store is a good luck charm for you. Loved the story about the match box cars boxes.
Love the aircraft, especially the Lancaster - I had the privilege of seeing the Canadian Lancaster in company with the BBMF one fly over my house with Spitfire, Hurricane & Mustang escorts not that long ago at or below 1,000 ft - the ground shaking with the roar of Merlin engines. Beautiful sound, and as I'm within (able-bodied) walking distance of the Imperial War Museum Duxford (where the Spitfire first entered service, and more flying examples exist than anywhere else in the world) I regularly get treated to free airshows as pilots practice their routines for display, or just maintain currency on type. US nobbling of the Arrow was a disgrace, and a breach of NATO treaty obligations. There are persistent rumours that one escaped destruction, and some parts have been found which seem to confirm it.
Thanks for another great video. You do a very nice job of giving the history behind the wonderful items that cross your path. It's so interesting how you began your interest as a child, and now have all the antiques you've ever wanted! Or do you? I think not! lol
You are great for what you know about collectibles antiques could not ask for a better person that knows about things and how good you are with people and business keep up the good work hope to come there someday I live in Ohio
@@danny1959 Although the name of the candy bar sounds like the name of the famous baseball player Babe Ruth, the Curtiss Candy Company traditionally claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland.
I think that’s just what they claimed to avoid paying copyright in it. Babe Ruth was a big deal when it debuted and Cleveland’s daughter had become a footnote by then passing about 16 years prior.
My grandfather was an engineer, and my father had a huge train collection too bad they had a falling out and my grandfather through it all in the trash in a rage. I have always loved trains and wish I had my fathers 1950's 1960's train collection to pass on.
Super Cool Collection! Fellow Canadian Neil Young sold his Lionel collection for $300,000 at auction a few years back. He got into them to help his son Ben, who suffered from cerebral palsy, (as did his older son, Zeke) to have some interactions. He created a 700-foot model train track within a barn, as well as developing special controllers for the train set, allowing his son to control switching and power using a paddle system. The controls later formed the basis for a company called Liontech. In 1995, when the Lionel company was facing bankruptcy, Young put together an investment group to purchase the train company so that he might continue his research and development. Gotta Love Neil.
Great story!
Neil's dad was a railroader too. It goes back to his childhood.
Alex, You are amazing in all that you accomplish or help others accomplish. You helped Adam make the most of his find and gain his footing to return home. You helped Mary find closure and acknowledge her talent without being critical of her organizational skills at home. She found appreciation and closure in knowing everything was going to be fine. Mary was able to find comfort and gently say good bye. Now you have helped Hans understand that his hard work and generosity to others is being returned to him from this awesome Curiosity Community. Kindness counts! Thanks for all you do!
Exactly Eileen! I couldn't ave put it better, Alex is a truly truly amazing man 💞💞💞 thank you Alex for being YOU!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Dear Eileen.
Extremely well said!
Best regards luck and health.
Eileen, very well said, I agree totally!
What an eloquent way of describing Alex's beautiful spirit! He really is an exceptional man. He makes me proud to be an Albertan and I love that the world gets to see him and his lovely family!💖
Finally someone was able to articulate exactly what I wanted to say but couldn’t, so thank you Eileen!
Nothing makes the day better than a Curiosity Inc upload!
Nevermore Antiques so true!!
Yassss
I think those trains will fly off the shelf. Just gorgeous.
It all started with an empty box from a matchbox car. Meant to be Alex. This kind of back story can't be made up. There is a movie begging to be made from this story.
Such quality items all gathered together is an absolute treat to watch being unwrapped. Thank you for sharing.
Alex,
I grew up on a farm in a Victorian era farm House.
The front room was a big storage area,not the main entry,but a catchall bedroom with a chest freezer, a bed and a big plywood train set display.
They were our Lionel Train set which I had on two levels.
It was hard wired underneath with a huge spaghetti tangle of wires.
Engines, caboose, assorted cars ,including a milk car which loaded and unloaded magnetically,and a coal car which could also be loaded along with other assorted items like building s, depots etc.
WE had it in the forties and early fifties and eventually it went away, but your find was a big nostalgia moment for me.
Thanks,
Rik Spector
What a neat story. Life is full of delicious mysteries and surprises.
What a wonderful story about you as a child (& fledgling collector) buying Matchbox car boxes from the store you now own! You really did come full circle on that part of your life's calling! - LOVE the train! If I had the space and the $$, that would so be mine! My late father had a Lionel HO, all steel I think, that he bought in the early 1950's. I loved that train but my brother inherited it & then never set it up. - I think this was one of your best estate unboxing so far! Thanks for sharing it with us!!
Alex, put a rail around the top of the wall and build and run your train on it. I have seen that and it is so cool!!
GREAT IDEA!!!
That's exactly what I thought when he said that they still work! Lol...that would kick it up another notch, and be so fun!
Dragonfly Hill - Saw this done in a Burger King (of all places). It was neat to munch on lunch and watch the train travel the entire length and width of the building. Kept all the kids busy too! But if Alex does that in his store, the first train enthusiast will want to buy it because that’s always how those things work. 😁
Great idea, I vote for Josh to help with it!
Can you see the children coming home from school for their lollipops, they would never go home if there was a train layout, they would have lovely childhood memories though of the antique shop.
I have a Lionel O-27 gauge train set that my parents got me for Christmas one. year when I was around 7. They got it by saving up Van Camp's Pork and Beans labels, we got two sets. It had the transformer, track, Locomotive, flat car, box car (Van Camps of course) and caboose and we later added on more cars, including the Turbo Missile launcher car and a cattle car with a offloading ramp so that when you pulled the car up to the platform the doors would open and a cow would come out.
My older sister had a different train with the locomotive that produced smoke when you added the smoke liquid thru the smokestack.
I played with it a lot, even after I was married and moved out. We would set it up on the living room floor. We had one cat who would sit on the track and wait for the train to come around and run into him (not fast, we ran it pretty slow when he did that). The train would derail, he would let our a meow that sounded like a loud "PURT" and then he would move. Don't know how he avoided getting a shock from sitting across the rails. We told the story to a guy who drew a cartoon series called Off the Rails (model railroad but the railroad had an engineer and fireman who didn't know they were running a model train) and he did a whole weeks series based on that cat.
Hello lcs,
Don't worry about your pus-pus getting shocked. The set's transformer put out 17 AC volts maximum, there is more sensation from your tongue touching both terminals of a 9 volt battery.
What a neat story..it is funny how things like that happen!
Why oh why do I love a good unboxing video? Alex makes it so fun. Great video.
I love how your story went full circle Alex!
You have some cool finds.. but you always do!
Always a pleasure to watch your channel !!
Sometimes life has a way of telling you that you are just where you’re meant to be. How awesome! So much cool stuff. Thanks for the sneak peak Alex.👍🏼🤘🏼😎
What a great video !
The comments are really fun to read.
My husband waxes nostalgic about his Lionel trains ! I love watching the un-boxings - just like Christmas.
Wow! Talk about coming full circle. That story about the toy boxes is hair-raising. You are finally home and working in your element. It's so nice to see.
Wow on the Matchboxes and your store...pretty amazing! Very cool items (you showed us). Thanks for sharing!
Alex the Curtiss Candy Company, who made the " Baby Ruth " Candy Bar, always claimed it was named after U.S. President
Grover Cleveland's daughter " Ruth ".
Interesting
@@CuriosityIncorporated Alex I have always wanted another tube radio like the one you showed recently. Our mom had one like that when I was a boy in the 60's. They always had such a rich mellow sound.
I looked online but I only see replicas. Do you still have that one in your shop and is it for sale online?
@@CuriosityIncorporated Yes, Bill23799 is correct .I wanted to correct you, but saw he beat me to it. As a History buff, I always try to correct myths with the truth. The Babe Ruth myth is a hard one to dispel.
steven miller I as well came to set the record straight. You are correct. It was not named after babe Ruth.
Curiosity Incorporated this is correct. You and whomever else believes that is wrong. Just look it up.
There is a special wonderment of how well antique toys were made back then and I appreciate how they were taken care of to this day. You can feel the love the owners had for them. The childhood story of you and the Matchbook boxes and your antique store made me tear up.. I love your channel and the stories you have for us...
Alex, with this treasure trove of Trains you are on the right track...!
That B-52 brought back a lot of memories. As a kid growing up in the Utica/Rome area of NY, (in the late 50's and early 60's) my dad worked at Griffiss AFB and the B-52 had some significance there, I'm not sure what, because I was just a kid, but I know that the B-52's were always there - I remember seeing them as a kid when my dad would take us on base. We would also hear a lot of planes breaking the sound barrier as we played in our backyards. My dad was later transferred to WPAFB here in Ohio after they were closing parts of Griffiss.
Very nice old toys . No plastic ,such incredible workmanship . I love seeing these old toys ,reminded me of the toys I played with .
As you were unwrapping the train set I saw it was wrapped in a newspaper from Northern Alberta... it was our weekly paper when I was growing up. 😊
I’m with Magickmoi; fascinating story about the car boxes coming around full circle! That was the best part of the video, except that train set from 1934 was from the year my Dad was born! Very cool! Thanks for sharing today, Alexander!
I used to love Lionel trains. At Christmas, we used to have 3 platforms and villages with Lionel’s running around them.
The store has so much personality!
That is so cool the train set it Alex. You find such amazing pieces and I love how you tell the history of the pieces. When I was very young my Dad asked me what I wanted from Santa. On Christmas my first present was a doll (never played with the doll) I did get the one thing I wanted, a lionel train set. My Dad and I, as I grew older, used to make boats and sail them around in a pond. Living in Detroit, we went to Belle Isle and sent a boat with a note to Windsor. Never had a note back so it probably capsized in the terrible currents of the Detroit river.
Full circle events are amazing. A sure sign that the universe has worked its magic with you. Some more neat things for your store. Shelves look great!
The train set would be a great display for the store at Christmas!
yes--AND Alex how about a light xmas tree outside next to the store for the holidays ? would look pretty at night ( you could plug it into a timer, go off at midnight )
I love seeing all that old stuff,,,, so many memories. Thanks!💙😉
What an amazing and wonderful place and memories and objects such a beautiful experience to watch thanks for sharing.
Lucky guy! Your inventory gets wilder every time... Great!
Wowzers! Nice haul! And amazing match box cars story. Full circle Alex....your new store was meant to be. The Universe knows!
Very cool planes and trains! I've always been a big aircraft guy.
I currently work in a museum. In the 70s, I had my first job in what is now our North gallery. Then it was an auto parts store that my school bus driver owned. Full circle moments, eh?
Wow more great items, looks like you got a full store of amazing finds!!
It is truly interesting how Karma works that is so Cool..
Good Morning...what a wonderful story of the same store you used to go into as a kid...And here you are now the owner of it!!! That is a really nice old train set!...
Thank you for this..brought back a lot of childhood memories..my dad worked for Amtrak and BNSF for years, I grew up in a major train hub along the Mississippi river in Iowa..lots of memories here
Our family had the old time lionel train & accessories! I think that you have some true old toy finds! Thanks for sharing this unboxing with us! Great finds and awesome video content!
It was meant to be that you owned that store.. life is a beautiful thing!
Man that store is starting to be a childhood dream for kids they will not want to leave god help the parent that brings their kids too this shop well done.
such a wonderful story. Life goes full circle sometimes. Thank you for sharing
I love the car box story & the idea that your father has been in your store. ♥️
What a great story in your book of life. Must seem like Christmas when you were a kid, every time, you open one of those boxes. That was fun watching.
Love the story...you have a great memory.
You know the retail business a whole lot more than I, but it would be a blast to see part of that annex you'll build next spring have "planes, trains, automobiles" theme,. maybe with a train setup surrounding a Hot Wheels track! Something like that...
I don’t think Alex sleeps. He is always working, doing, posting videos! Thank you for the upload! ✝️❤️👍🏼
I think the 'Baby Ruth' bar was named after the daughter of president Grover Cleveland.
That's amazing you've come full circle Alex, it was meant to be.
This entire post was neat. The full-circle serendipity - the score on all that great loot - and loved learning about it all. I could tell you all sorts of stuff about Barbies, but not a thing about planes, trains and automobiles. : - )
Some fascinating comments here already adding extra information. Reading the comments on some of Alex’s videos is as good as watching an episode of QI (fascinating U.K. panel show. More than “Quite Interesting “)
Uuuuh, what a fantastic/wonderful story! Now it's perfectly clear that heaven wanted you to have especially this store! Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. It's a piece of fullfilled fate.
All that train stuff looks amazingly well for being so old.
Thanks a lot for making taping editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to all involved people.
Fun watching, good video. Congratulations on the purchases.
Really fun episode, tons of great pieces and sets!!!
Really neat haul, Alex! I'm just a big kid at heart and love toys. :-D Those trains are very special. Thanks for sharing your latest acquisitions. As for the irony of today owning the building you frequented as a kid seems magical. I love that story! :-D
Cool story life goes full circle.
Wow. Small world. Everything for a reason. I so enjoy the box story. 👍
Thanks for the video, it’s always fun to see the cool collectibles that come in
The seed was planted early, and it grew well...eventually taking the form that was waiting for it: Antique Dealer & Shop owner. You made it back home, Alex!
Much continued success to you and your family in your ventures...🙏💜👏
Love those train sets! They are so beautiful!
I found the standard size train set is a fantastic "find" when I was a little kid my brothers had an "O" scale set I believe. I know the engine was about a foot long.
Handsome trains.... looks like Mr. Rogers Neighborhood trains set.
I remember when I was younger having and H scale train set.. then as I matured, it got retired and I then got a N scale train set. Super small scale. I had built the tracks (with help from my dad) on a flat piece of plywood then added styrofoam landscape and homes and other decor. Fun train set. Lasted for quite some time.
My brother had also built his set the same and we would place the two next to one another which would expand the area that the trains could travel and of course the expand the look of landscape.
Hi Alex!! Very cool that Cadillac is airing a commercial before your videos. Maybe they've seen the blue beauty? :)
Thats a nice story very awesome 📹 that's so 😎 and nice to 👀 mysteries and surprise
I absolutely love the old trains. 💞🚂
Alex I am really surprised you have not set up the trains & track to run in your store. I am sure there is some way you could suspend the track & have some trains running thru the rooms with some of the buildings set up for display.
Awesome again 🎸 🎸🎸 🎸
People seem to be coming out of the woodwork bringing you some cool things to buy. The new store is a good luck charm for you. Loved the story about the match box cars boxes.
Love the aircraft, especially the Lancaster - I had the privilege of seeing the Canadian Lancaster in company with the BBMF one fly over my house with Spitfire, Hurricane & Mustang escorts not that long ago at or below 1,000 ft - the ground shaking with the roar of Merlin engines. Beautiful sound, and as I'm within (able-bodied) walking distance of the Imperial War Museum Duxford (where the Spitfire first entered service, and more flying examples exist than anywhere else in the world) I regularly get treated to free airshows as pilots practice their routines for display, or just maintain currency on type.
US nobbling of the Arrow was a disgrace, and a breach of NATO treaty obligations.
There are persistent rumours that one escaped destruction, and some parts have been found which seem to confirm it.
Thanks for another great video. You do a very nice job of giving the history behind the wonderful items that cross your path. It's so interesting how you began your interest as a child, and now have all the antiques you've ever wanted! Or do you? I think not! lol
You are great for what you know about collectibles antiques could not ask for a better person that knows about things and how good you are with people and business keep up the good work hope to come there someday I live in Ohio
Alex you need an add-on to the store. 1 for storage, 2 for unpacking of new arrivals, 3 for storage, lol. Love the vlogs.
I had always heard that the Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland's daughter. You taught me something new. Thank you!
It was.
@@TXMEDRGR No it wasn't. It was named for Babe Ruth the baseball player.
@@danny1959 Although the name of the candy bar sounds like the name of the famous baseball player Babe Ruth, the Curtiss Candy Company traditionally claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland.
I think that’s just what they claimed to avoid paying copyright in it. Babe Ruth was a big deal when it debuted and Cleveland’s daughter had become a footnote by then passing about 16 years prior.
Serendipity is Right! Very Cool!! Circle of Life...
Funny how life works out sometimes! 💙
My grandfather was an engineer, and my father had a huge train collection too bad they had a falling out and my grandfather through it all in the trash in a rage. I have always loved trains and wish I had my fathers 1950's 1960's train collection to pass on.
That was fun. Would love to visit your store sometime. I always see stuff I want to buy.☺
What a great tool UA-cam has been for you. Nice unboxing..
What an awesome story!
I was just about to head to bed when I got this notification....HAD to watch it first, who needs sleep anyway ;) Love those trains!
Such a neat story!!!
Really interesting vlog, just the right length to enjoy whilst I had breakfast! Busy day today for me. Thanks Alex! XXX
That must be what came in when I talked with you today Alex. I called about the tractor collectables. Nice group of items you got there.
It was indeed :)
What a truly great collection to get.
That car 8:30 looks like Buckminster Fullers “Dymaxion”!
What a cool story!
The trains are beautiful! Great buy!
Great little Honda motorbike in the background at 4:40.
amazing things you got. love trains.
It amazes me that you can get out so many videos! I love it. I hear from you more than my own family. LOL ❤
Wow, awesome oldies!
My dad (rip) was a pilot in the AF. He flew the B-52 a few times and worked on them later as well. He had a few stories to tell. too.
Buffalo Joe!!... from my home town Hay River NWT...
So cool to see a model Lancaster Bomber! A real one flies over my house in Burlington every Saturday. It’s based in Hamilton.
All I can say is "wow2!. You are really beign blessed .... but hey, what goes around comes around....
great story
I love coming by to get candy with my friends! See you on Tuesday😁
Great story! Enjoyed seeing what you got today!