CHESTERFIELD, MI—Coming in November, Lionel will be featured on the QVC Train Collectors Junction Show. Offered exclusively on QVC, the Hobo Express train set will be available Sunday, November 4, 2001 from 1 a.m. – 3 a.m. Eastern Time. This set can be purchased 12 hours in advance of the airtime. Call QVC at 1-800-345-1515 and ask for product number C76844, the Lionel Hobo Express Train Set.

The Lionel Hobo Express train set comes with a 4-4-2 die-cast steam locomotive, operating headlight, steam whistle, puffing smoke unit, operating hobo boxcar, animated gondola car, caboose with interior illumination, hobo camp fire accessory with hobo figures and flickering camp fire, track and transformer.

Offered as a limited edition, each Lionel Hobo Express train set includes a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Richard Maddox, President and COO of Lionel, stating that only five hundred sets will be manufactured.

Don’t miss this opportunity to add this set to your Lionel collection.

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