When I was a child I had a train set and this was it. Made in the 60s my set used to feature in battles with Airfix civil war figures. Made smoke by putting drops into the stack. My version had coaches which survived to be sold on ebay a few years ago. See more pics here
If you are thinking spoilt best you maybe right but they got lucky with this set - it was reduced as it had been discontinued. If you have an interest in Civil War railroad tactics there is an interesting Osprey.