Did not realize J C Penny still sold trains like they use too.
Chief, JC Penney released a Lionel Limited Production loco for their Christmas Catalog and some years a special starter set for about a 10 year period ending a couple years ago. The offerings were all pretty nice except for the last locomotive produced. It was the yellow & blue AT&SF diesel, for whatever reason the front end was left off leaving an unfinished look just a big gap with a coupler protruding. JCP took a lot of heat over that, had to blow out the loco to get rid of it and apparently that ended the limited production program, nothing released since.