“The guy who owned Lionel was so enamored riding it, that he made a train set of the Blue Comet,” said Tom Gallo of Keyport, a railroad historian and author of “The Seashore’s Finest Train ...

Leila Dunbar appraises a Lionel Blue Comet Train, ca. 1935 in ROADSHOW's new special, Treasures on the Move, premiering Monday, December 28th at 9/8c on PBS. 12/03/2012 | Rating TV-G.

It has been nearly 80 years since the Blue Comet last roared through New Jersey’s Pinelands. The luxurious blue-and-cream-colored train was the jewel of the Central Railroad of New Jersey ...

“The guy who owned Lionel was so enamored riding it, that he made a train set of the Blue Comet,” said Tom Gallo of Keyport, a railroad historian and author of “The Seashore’s Finest Train ...