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OC Engineer JD Jan 16, 2009

  1. SVRailroader

    SVRailroader TrainBoard Member

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    To be honest, I'm kinda starting to ponder seeing if I can get a whole bunch of the gons at a stupid-cheap price (like, maybe $1-2/car).
    I've been taking older gons of similar type, mostly from Bachmann, and converting them to log cars by cutting out the center 4 panels and adding side stakes, which will be later upgraded to actual bunks. Since most of these cars have Rapido couplers, I'm also replacing the trucks with Micro-Trains, though on a few I'm thinking pairing them with a drawbar.
    Yet despite being Bachmann, most of the donor gons I find are easily going $10/piece or more. So if I can get a bunch of these cheapies, it won't matter that they're ugly and non-function 'cause I'm going to cut them up and change trucks anyways. Assuming, y'know, I can find a lot of them at once.
     
  2. Shortround

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    Reader's Digest is often used to describe simpleton's. Would my little caboose qualify?

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  3. Shortround

    Shortround TrainBoard Member

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    It's in HO and I have one that's almost identical in O.
    Just curious.

    Rich
     
  4. Allen H

    Allen H TrainBoard Supporter

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    Buying them is not the problem, seeing them is what's annoying...
     
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  5. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Hallelujah!!!!!! (y)(y)(y)(y)(y):D
     
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  6. platypus

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  7. jtomstarr

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    All,
    Arnold n scale 0-6-0 steam locomotive | eBay < For that $110.00 I would at least expect The SlopeBack Tender and the proper drawbar .
    minitrix n scale 0-6-0 steam locomotive | eBay The jewel case reads Made In YUGOSLAVIA therefor I would suspect this would be MP-Model power and not worth $80.00. However it is Understandable if in wrong JEWEL CASE.
    AHM STEAM STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 2-6-4 Q1 B AT&SF N SCALE MIB | eBay

    From what I observed with these Three items I would think not worth the $ for them.

    Tom
     
  8. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    "I am not a collector or grader,...." Then why did they grade this item? Hmmmm........
     
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  9. jtomstarr

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  10. raysaron

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    Perhaps, if you just need the Camel box car to complete your set, maybe that makes sense to a collector.

    Or you can buy the whole set of 48 for just $750 on eBay.
     
  11. Shortround

    Shortround TrainBoard Member

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    Sorry, I got rid of my Camels back in '91. Hasn't cost a cent since. :)
     
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  12. umtrr-author

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    Recently saw an MTL Santa Fe "Bicentennial" Auto Rack (no such thing) for $500 plus shipping.
    Not posting the link since I'm not going to encourage this...
     
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  13. Massey

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  14. JMaurer1

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    The problem isn't seeing them, it is the people who keep posting them. A cure would cause the postings to stop.
     
  15. jtomstarr

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  16. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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  17. SVRailroader

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  18. jtomstarr

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    There are time when I have to laugh with what people put on ebay . There are times when I see those Damned RD READERS DIGEST Promotional items, those Cab ROOFLESS , Broken - Severely Damaged Walkway Locomotives from countless Manufacturers and those people Simply See the manufacturer .. ATLAS , KATO BACHMANN and immediately think of Either the SMRP , see the $ Manufacturers Discount $ , a MODEL RAILROAD HOBBY SHOPS Sale $ and think their Items will sell.
    Here is one that make me laugh as well > Atlas N Scale Train Cars **FOR PARTS OR REPAIR VERY MINOR** | eBay < $69.95 Is He NUTS !!

    Tom
     
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  19. Hardcoaler

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    With 24,000 transactions, I'd guess he/she is just another estate buyer clogging eBay model railroad listings with trash at random prices. You'd think that after a while, they'd realize that it's not worth their time to photograph, describe and post this junk.
     
  20. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    It looks like there has been yet another slip of the decimal point. Should have been $6.99...
     

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