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OC Engineer JD Jan 16, 2009

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    Right? I think when I first posted it, the title was GP7 and the description said GP9. Now the title is GP9 and the description says GP7. And it's really an ALCo!
     
  4. John Moore

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    But it is an extremely rare Alco GP7-9 demonstrator only one ever made and the only model of it out there. Come on folks lets line up for a bidding war.
     
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    Another listing has a Baldwin Shark in an Alco box, listed as an FA2. I sent an FYI to the seller, but no answer and nothing changed.
     
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    Some jerk just listed 12 pages of "parts" that cost something like $1 to $6 each, but with $24 shipping on every one of those parts. Yeah, they do combine shipping, but considering how many parts I would need to order to justify $24 of shipping, that guy is never going to get any of my business.

    It is too bad that the "advanced" search feature on eBay doesn't provide a way to exclude items with shipping charges over an amount you specify. I already use that feature to get rid of "sponsored" listings. Hint: If you want me to buy your item, do not "spomsor" it because I will never see it. "Sponsored" items that have been unsold for months keep popping up in my searches for "recently listed", and I got sick of it. There should be a way to exclude those from regular searches, but eBay is never going to do that.
     
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    These toys remind me of something I saw years ago, from a modeler who was known for kitbashing super-deformed 'shorty' trains. One such picture was of a Dash 8 or 9 that had been chopped such that it was little more than the cab + rear end, riding on a single 3-axle truck :LOL:
     
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    I guess its true. One mans junk is another mans treasure. :rolleyes:
     
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    .........................twelve locomotives and a shell for seventy five dollars; five dollars and change a piece, not that bad, I suppose. I might have broken them down into lots of five for twenty or three for thirteen to fifteen. I have been amazed at what I could get for junque.
     
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    That is definitely true. Looking at a bunch of junk "flat cars" for $15, I saw a Centerline D40 track cleaning car with Microtrains couplers. Nobody else bid on it. :)
     
  19. Joe Lovett

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    You definitely scored on that one, those cleaning cars are nice.

    Joe
     
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