4884bigboy wrote: Texas Zepher wrote: NS2591 wrote:Atlas Master GOLD SD24, 1/2 MSRP. Yeah, I got one of those deals too. I assumed since it was a Gold that it had sound - NOT. Really got ripped off on that deal. The guy you bought it from must've taken the sound out. All Atlas Master Gold Series engines come with Sound and DCC.
Texas Zepher wrote: NS2591 wrote:Atlas Master GOLD SD24, 1/2 MSRP. Yeah, I got one of those deals too. I assumed since it was a Gold that it had sound - NOT. Really got ripped off on that deal.
NS2591 wrote:Atlas Master GOLD SD24, 1/2 MSRP.
From eBay, I have yet to pay more than $60 for an N scale locomotive.
Also, I got a few pieces of rolling stock fom an eBay seller who lives just 20 minutes away...I was also able to buy a bunch of reefer cars for $5 each!
How about releases 1-8 of the Walthers Great Circus Train for only $20 for the whole lot? It was at the small railroad shop in Ely, NV (Not a Nevada Northern gift shop)
Phil
Spectrum 2-8-0 with Soundtrax-$65; Spectrum 2-10-0 with Soundtrax-$74. I was quite happy with each of these locos.
Two Spectrum K-4's - forty bucks for the two of them.
The second was really more of a throw-in, as it didn't run right. Upon closer inspection, it had obviously taken the Newtonian Route from the layout to the floor. A little TLC with the siderods and they've both run like tops ever since.
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lvanhen wrote:My Lionel Veranda Turbine - got it for about $300 - $395 list at the time I think - check them out on E- thing - I've seen $1200+!!
Steve P. Welcome Walter in Columbia,
Walter in Columbia, TN
The best deal I ever got was when a mrr friend bought 16 Athearn box cars at a yard sale for $17. He decided that they didn't fit in with his layout time and offered them to me for the price he paid. A few were missing a door but they all had KD couplers and some were weathered well. The yard sale was near my house and I didn't even know about it. It pays to have good friends.
Brass SD40-2 painted BC Rail, $50 at LHS. Would not do curves but only required new universals.
So the money I saved I spent on making it a CP Rail unit.
P2K Conrail SD50 for $40, weathered.
NeO6874 wrote:Hmm... at the moment I'd have to say my Mehano Mogul for $30... although I'm scoping out ebay and (if all goes well) I'll pick up a Rivarossi Pacific for $28 shipped....
reminds me of my friend Steve. He picked up Key Brass Imports bigboy #4020. He keeps braging that he got it for 500, and he says that today it's worth about 3500. (only 50 of them made.)
-Dan
Builder of Bowser steam! Railimages Site
This has probably been done before but...
Whats a few of the best deals you came across on a locomotive or rolling stock (any scale)?
for me it was an Atlas Geep 40 for $10 (and it runs!) and an Atlas Cyndrical hopper for $3 1/2.