You are bidding on a Brand New - no box - Runs Great Never Been on Track Lionel 1977 B&M (Boston & Maine) GP-9 #8654.
Brand new no box okay I can live with that
Runs great Sounds good so far
Never been on track Hey wait a moment thought he said it ran great am I missing something here?
$250.00 + $29.99 shipping. Probably cost closer to $20 to ship but hey needs to pay for packing and gas getting it there so okay.
But $250.00 Engine and no box kinda hard for me to swallow that price.
That seems right in line with the other items he’s selling!
Never been on track Hey wait a moment thought he said it ran great am I missing something here?
Hey, he knows Lionel - if it’s brand new (even 30 years old) it must run great. Maybe somebody will buy that (pun intended).
wyomingscout
Maybe, the explaination for knowing that the engine; “Runs Great, Never Been On A Track!”, is that it was turned on it’s side and checked with wires, so look for the electrical arc burn marks: one on the frame, or a wheel and the other mark on one of the pick-up rollers, due to the engine being laid on it’s side for testing.
That’s if anyone is able to look, before buying!
The box?! Maybe that’s sold seperately on E-Bay.
Who knows for sure?
Ralph
Oh boy another good deal. A $90. engine going for only $250. I’m going after that one. sure I am.
Ralph: You’re probably correct about the box. I’ve seen many like this. It’s sort-of “double dipping”. Interesting thing about “E-Bay” is that there will probably be someone that will bid on an item regardless of the ‘Book Value’. Got to remember that it is a hobby and, as such, often price is not a question.
If you look at the wheels there appears to be some minor wheel wear(dirt).
How about this one, with the box?
A little more reasonable.
wyomingscout
yeah thats about right and the scratch is normal from cab being removed
Like the computer salesman offering the $1 Million dollar laptop said, “Ya, it’s a little pricy, but I only need to sell one”.
Kurt
Boy, that’s a pretty bad scratch, and in my opinion really kills the value. I am surprised the price is as high as it is.
In order to protect the cab when removing it, one has to either bend the handrails away (not so good), or slip a piece of cardstock between the cab and the tip of the railing (can be tricky).
I beleive Lionel eventually discontinued the practice of bending the tips of the rails to fit into the depression in the side of the cab to eliminate most of this problem.
I’ve been on E-Bay a lot the past few days looking for Erie Lackawanna scale stuff (VERY hard to find). Nothing is more frustrating and confusing than people calling O-GAUGE items O-Scale. I got tired of pointing the errors of this description to them. They insist they are right. Many times the manufacturers actually confuse the people by calling some of their rolling stock O-Gauge/Scale when in reality it is O-Gauge. ACK! [:(!]