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Private Varnish
Posted by Limitedclear on Friday, May 4, 2007 11:48 PM

 

An interesting page dealing with the basics of PV ownership:

http://www.movie-trains.com/ownership.html

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Posted by Limitedclear on Monday, May 7, 2007 12:03 AM

A couple of other interesting websites concerning PVs

www.aaprco.com

www.rpca.com

 

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Posted by Limitedclear on Sunday, May 20, 2007 1:28 PM

Any good PVs out there for sale?

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Posted by Railfan1 on Sunday, May 20, 2007 6:05 PM
I guess it's all in where you look.
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Posted by Limitedclear on Sunday, May 20, 2007 11:11 PM

 Railfan1 wrote:
I guess it's all in where you look.

OK, I'll bite. Where do you suggest looking?

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Posted by Randy Stahl on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:02 AM
 Limitedclear wrote:

 Railfan1 wrote:
I guess it's all in where you look.

OK, I'll bite. Where do you suggest looking?

LC

How bout DL&W # 99 ?

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Posted by Limitedclear on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:32 PM
 Randy Stahl wrote:
 Limitedclear wrote:

 Railfan1 wrote:
I guess it's all in where you look.

OK, I'll bite. Where do you suggest looking?

LC

How bout DL&W # 99 ?

Where is it and in what condition?

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Posted by Randy Stahl on Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:15 AM
 Limitedclear wrote:
 Randy Stahl wrote:
 Limitedclear wrote:

 Railfan1 wrote:
I guess it's all in where you look.

OK, I'll bite. Where do you suggest looking?

LC

How bout DL&W # 99 ?

Where is it and in what condition?

LC

It's here and it really needs a friend ! s

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Posted by Southwest Chief on Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:59 PM

If you're looking for a few potential private cars take a look here:

Illinois Transit Assembly Corp

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Posted by Limitedclear on Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:54 PM
 Southwest Chief wrote:

If you're looking for a few potential private cars take a look here:

Illinois Transit Assembly Corp

 

Thanks, but I'd suggest you take a deeper look before making that recommendation. The former principal in that outfit got into a world of hot water and most of those cars are long gone.

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Posted by pmsteamman on Friday, May 25, 2007 1:08 AM
There is also Ozark Mountain Railcar (ozarkmountainrailcar.com). You can even buy the loco to pull it.
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Posted by Limitedclear on Friday, May 25, 2007 12:59 PM

 pmsteamman wrote:
There is also Ozark Mountain Railcar (ozarkmountainrailcar.com). You can even buy the loco to pull it.

Yes, John Suscheck is probably the most active existing passenger equipment broker. D.F. Barnhardt is another ( http://www.trains-trams-trolleys.com/). I'm looking for something without the 20%+ markup...

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Posted by Limitedclear on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:14 AM

Any new PVs of quality for sale? Domes? Business Cars?

LC

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