Vintage Fisher Price Chug-Chug Train Set / 3 Pieces FREE SHIPPING

Description

Vintage Fisher Price Chug-Chug Train Set / 3 Pieces FREE SHIPPING. Condition is "Used".
Years Made:
1964 - 1969
Worth Anything?
These come up on Ebay often enough; but finding a complete one with intact lithos can be tough! Often sold missing a car, or with damaged lithos on the long flat car.
General Info:
Chug-Chug #168, usually referred to as Magnetic Chug-Chug, is a common enough train to find on Ebay. Magnetic Chug-Chug consists of an engine, a flat car, and a caboose. This train also has a feature not found on any other train - the cars have magnetic couplings (blue or yellow) to attach them all together. The lithos on the flat car explain that "Blue attaches to yellow", to help kids explain how to put the train together - though most kids would figure it out easily anyways!
Little People Connection:
The engine has the same shape as Smokie and Dinkey and Toot-Toot, but Magnetic Chug-Chug has orange and brown colors. The flat car has lithos on both sides and the bottom. The caboose has a little surprise on it - a genuine Fisher-Price Little Person riding it! The Little Person is an older "straight-sided" one with an orange body, and a bald head. He spins when Chug-Chug is pulled - pretty cool! He is bolted down and does not come off (well, maybe if you cut up the caboose, you may be able to free him, but I don't recommend trying that!).
Magnetic Chug-Chug seems to be easy to find on Ebay. For some reason, the flat car's lithos are often damaged or simply missing, but not here.  All seem to be intact.