It is somewhat scarce -- that particular car. (That doesn't mean I agree with $200.) BUT... if you don't have to have CCR 6402, there is the MTL reprint CCR 6407, which is a lot more reasonable. And then, if it's just a Corinth and Counce x-post boxcar that you want, there are other choices in N Scale besides that. And that's where some of the difference between collector and accumulator can be seen.
Well, rats. I was just about to list several dozen of these. Mine even have corrosion, ballast grains stuck on, and a few other very desirable features. Should have raked in a fortune. Guess I waited too long!
That runs along the lines of someone whose signature text says that "It's a fine line between hobby and mental illness". I've also seen listings for the MTL reprint CCR 6407 that still tried to claim it was collectible and sell it for double the price.
Great! I am delighted to know this fact. Thank you! I'll go ahead and list them. Starting bid now $299.99, each!
Now how in the world is anyone supposed to figure out what they are getting here? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Huge-Lot-77...372671?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item58b165faff I didn't know that Atlas ever made heavyweights... http://www.ebay.com/itm/jo56ab-N-Sc...895460?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item20e7fa5264
Actually for 77 cars the price is not bad and if you look below there is a clip with each car shown individually. The downer for me is the cars do not have MT trucks and couplers. If they did I would be all over these. Yes they did, way back in the 60's or 70's. I picked up a bundle of them at a flea market for $2.00 a car. Pretty good detail on them even for today's standards. The one thing about the Atlas cars is that the enclosed end observation car (not the heavyweight with the rear porch) is more prototypical for the Pennsy and some other RR's than the bobtail car made by Concor.
I have had cars like the blue "Santa Fe"(?!?!?) bulkhead/pulpwood cars and the aqua gondolas. These were "Aurora/ Made in Mexico" cars. I bought mine from a junk pile at least than $1 apiece. They had some strange kind of truck pin holes and bolsters that didn't fit any kind of truck I knew. I wonder if they were manufactured, couldn't be made to work and never actually came to market except as "salvage." I don't know. I assume these are the same. Here are mine. I modified some with dihedral decks to be pulpwood racks. Never could get trucks on them properly. I got rid of them, with explicit warning to the taker.
Ken, if memory serves correctly they were part of an attempt by Aurora to market a self-contained train platform and set which included several of these cars and a switcher somewhat similar to the Plymouth "MDT" type that had been previously offered by AHM, Atlas and others. The difference was that this loco ran on six volts and was controlled by a pistol-grip controller that was probably from their racing sets of the time. The trucks and couplers weren't very good and the couplers looked a bit like the HO Scale "X2F" type.
It seems some of these are still kicking around. I picked up a doxen of them at the Ohio N scale Weekend in May for $6.00. Mine were yellow and lettered for CN. The truck pin hole needs to be pluged with some styrene tube then drilled out for a 2-56 screw.
The stock market has recovered nicely... http://www.ebay.com/itm/111386410220 http://www.ebay.com/itm/121367643447
Yup Ultra rare. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-Train...005&prg=9374&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=301226030427&rt=nc Saw this in the "what others have been looking at"
Mark (Spookshow), thanks for the pics of the Aurora "Rail Masters" which confirmed that my memory wasn't faulty... at least this time. (I'll have plenty of other chances to be wrong.) There appear to be a fair number of these Aurora cars in this auction. Hard to judge what's in it from just seeing roofs of cars-- it would make for an interesting quiz, I suppose. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Huge-Lot-77...372671?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item58b165faff
I enjoy this thread as it really exposes some of the strangest stuff on the bay. nonetheless, a serious question: is it really possible to be correct in listing a locomotive built in 1977 as being NEW based on a looksee at the wheels "through a jewelers loop"? first, I would think that in 37 years some kind of oxidation or corrosion has had to have its way with the wheels. second, at some point clean wheels are reason for doubt, as in someone cleaning them up a little too good for a model 37 years old. I mean really? I have my doubts about such claims...is it with good reason, or am I being oversensitive? thanks kind regards Gary
Gary, It is difficult to verify completely new, as in never run before, by looking at the wheels. However, depending on the make and model of the loco one can get an idea about how much run time the engine has. Kato Mikado's have blackened wheels, the blacking wears off very quickly where the wheel runs on the rail. Arnold Pacific's have chrome plating on the wheels, intact chrome - very low time, partial chrome - low time, no chrome on any drive wheels - high time. Con-Cor 4-6-4's made by Kato have wheels that show no wear no matter how much time they have run. Like you I have my doubts you can tell if it is "new" but you may be able to get some idea about the run time. Have fun, Mark
