The Saga Begins, and Ends - “Taking Down the Railroad”

[York1]

mobilman44, thanks for an interesting thread. I’m hoping everything works out with your wife’s daughter and your family.

[Brianw]

You could always still build railroad cars or structures one at a time and sell them as rare handcrafted collectibles to scratch that itch.

[mobilman44]

Thank you! Things are moving along fairly well, but there is a ways to go.

[mobilman44]

I have 5 RR car kits on hand, and will likely build them up in the fall and offer them on Ebay.

[fwright]

When I mentioned my plan - which is the same as Sheldon’s - on Classic Toy Trains, it caused all kinds of fits. Sorry, I don’t owe it to anybody - especially my wife and kids - to “preserve” any collectors items I may accidentally have.

Furthermore, I would note that prices of used trains, across all scales, has generally been dropping as the interest ages out. And EBay is a lot of effort to do sales on.

I told best bet is to call a hobby shop owner, and have him take what they want at about 20 cents on the dollar. And the rest is dumpster fodder.

Fred W

[mobilman44]

Somehow, I think this response was meant to be elsewhere…

[richhotrain]

Fred is responding to a November 2020 post on this thread.

Rich

[richhotrain]

@ATLANTIC_CENTRAL

I’m with rrebell, don’t do it.

I don’t care if my wife or kids pitch it all in a dumpster when I’m gone, but until then, its mine.

Sheldon

Here is the November 2020 post.

[gmpullman]

@mobilman44

But I found a cure for that, and went back to another teenage pastime - that of building model cars. I’ve gotten a lot of satisfaction from that, and here is a pic or two of some of the results.

Thanks for that update! Glad you’re getting along well.

I love building kits as well. Sometimes I take a break from HO models. Recently there was a discussion here about these O scale Rivarossi/AHM locomotives that were made in the '70s. My dad bought The General and I built it and still have it in a display case.

So that got me to thinking of the beautiful Indiana Harbor Belt kit and I made a quick google search and one popped up right away!

Rivarossi O IHB Kit Banner by Edmund, on Flickr

I found it at Trainz and was pretty surprised that it was listed for $65. That’s probably what it was selling for in the '70s!

Rivarossi O IHB Kit Open by Edmund, on Flickr

Maybe if you keep an eye out you could find something similar. A bit more of a challenge than a Blue-Box kit! I’m really looking forward to getting into this little treasure come winter (or sooner if I lose patience!).

Cheers, Ed