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are convention commerative rolling stock worth keeping?
are convention commerative rolling stock worth keeping?
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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are convention commerative rolling stock worth keeping?
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Anonymous
on Sunday, January 29, 2006 4:54 PM
may seem a odd question but do the NMRA and other large organizational rolling stock (tankers, boxcars, hoppers etc) are these collectable? I mean I bought 3 of them from ebay for good prices and was just wondering.. should I leave them "AS IS" cause they become collectable or can I go ahead and strip them down for my own freelance railroad?? I have one caboose from 1990 .. a boxcar from wash. 1982 convention and a roundhouse tank from 1983...
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emdgp92
Member since
December 2002
From: Pittsburgh, PA
1,261 posts
Posted by
emdgp92
on Monday, January 30, 2006 1:10 PM
I've heard of people collecting them, but I have no idea as to values. I'd keep them as-is if they were mine :)
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IRONROOSTER
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June 2003
From: Culpeper, Va
8,204 posts
Posted by
IRONROOSTER
on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 8:52 AM
Old toy trains like Lionel, American Flyer, etc and modern products in these lines have a collectors market. Other manufacturers and scales don't have any established collectors market. So while there are HO collectors and N collectors, etc. you're not going to find a lot of demand, hence not a lot of collector value. If you got them cheap on ebay I'd say go ahead and strip them, modify them etc. This is a hobby not an investment - invest in the stock market.
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Paul
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