This wasn't my first, but is the oldest I still have. The first was a Lionel rubber band drive GP7 or 9 in NP colors. This dating from about 1959, I would guess. This Varney loco was acquired thru a model rr club sponsored by the local PAL when I was 15. It had been built and painted, a few years later I stripped and repainted and decaled it as the first JGL loco, also my first paint job.
Gary
Gary