Model Train Journal

.........from this seller.. Besides the "rare" scarce and other crap, he prefers local pickup as he doesn't want the shipping companies to "lose" such a fine piece!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IRON-HORSE-MODE ... SwJqpXoN5q

Peter

Gosh...the listing posts:

"...it is very dusty-needs a good careful clean-best to probably strip and repaint-it is well worth it"

I better go to the paint store and get a 5-gallon drum of paint stripper. Almost all my models are very dusty and I had not realized I need to repaint them.

Better start looking for the decal sets too.

He didn't claim that the dust was original. Give him points for that.

Except for the price, seems pretty reasonable to me.

I made an offer of "two burned out light bulbs and a 1941 Steubenville Ohio phone directory".

Offer reused - darn it!.

Larry

I am surprised one of our irregulars hasn't jumped in, telling us the seller is an old friend, would never do anything unscrupulous, has proven provenance, how dare we question, I won't be bidding on scrap brass anyway, here's a few gratuitous long words for you to look up in your dictionary, and oh, change that nappy.

Let's see how long until that happens, right?

bob turner wrote:Except for the price, seems pretty reasonable to me.

I agree, a bit pricey, but I'm not sure what these really sell for or how many were imported; always wanted a small Shay, but this isn't it.

Not run since '91 and no way to test it now....and been on display. Wonder how many really nice models end up in similar conditions?

whether you like it or not this is a reasonable price but at its max. 1500 more like it.

Bill

cole7015 wrote:whether you like it or not this is a reasonable price but at its max. 1500 more like it.

Thanks.

That seems more to what I might expect for a max. on this engine

After sitting for over 25 years, grease in it might be solid and require a bit of maintenance.....

$1500 max, but $1900 is reasonable? I personally have no idea what these are worth - it just seemed high to me.

bob turner wrote:$1500 max, but $1900 is reasonable? I personally have no idea what these are worth - it just seemed high to me.

Well, it all depends on how much someone wants one of these - it's not like they are going to get made again any time soon so supply numbers are limited to existing models. If someone wants one, then it's matter of how separable they are from their $'s.

Then again, some guys think anything more than the $35 that they spent on something 30+ years ago is still the going value for anything and everything.

Go figure.

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Then again, some guys think anything more than the $35 that they spent on something 30+ years ago is still the going value for anything and everything.

Go figure.

It is. And I just wait...and something does show up at my price point eventually.
Like I need two more All-Trols. Haven't been able to buy new in at least 25 years.
Today I came home with two full sets, no cash exchanged hands.

Or somebody drops off six wooden boxes of "old junk".....and what, 15 SC freight cars and one 1939 NY World's Fair tank car.

And no evilbait.

It is always worth just what someone will pay you for it, and unfortunately, some folks are more willing to spend more for it than others.

I don't need another Shay. I have two and three truck units, so I'm good...forever.

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:...it's not like they are going to get made again any time soon so supply numbers are limited to existing models......

Actually, they did just get made again. PSC has them available now. However, the going rate for one of the new versions is in the range of, ahem, $4000.

https://www.precisionscaleco.com/wp-con ... 3-2017.pdf

You mis-quoted me. I said nothing about their scarcity. I have no idea . . .

I was actually thinking more about all the tripe in the listing, not so much the price. I just sold one in O standard (5') gauge for 1600. It did not have all that "vintage" dust included with this one (2 minutes with vacuum and compressed air). Hence hype vs price!

Peter