JHB171achill and Old Blarney IMHO are spot on. My first train set was a 3car blue pullman set which I still have and works, it too came from Santa when I was eight, at the age of 16 my interest in Irish railways grew and I butchered and ruined some items in my attempt to make something Irish, then if you wanted Irish Railways you had to make them yourself. Thanks to the manufacturing of RTR items and kits, making it a bit easier now. TDR