CHECK THIS OUT....THEY ARE SELLING FULL SIZE AMTRAK CARS ON EBAY!

[Train 284]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=487&item=5985840783&rd=1

This is pretty cool, at least I think... Just take a look at it, but I think they are a little out of our price range!

Matt [8D]

[cheese3]

WOW!!! That is really cool, Now if I bribe the neighbors I just might have room for it[}:)][:-,]

[csmith9474]

Maybe ITAC will end up buying them back.

[Train 284]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cheese3

WOW!!! That is really cool, Now if I bribe the neighbors I just might have room for it[}:)][:-,]

Good one [(-D]......... But not if I get them first! [:)]

[Anonymous]

[(-D] I think I can call it official. I have seen it all now!! [:D]

[trainchris]

I have been trying to get my wife to let me add a new room of the back of the house for a new layout. It would cost me the same amount of money to get one of them minus the cost of moving. How nice would that be, I can see it now my new HO train layout inside a real train car!![:D] [8D]

[trainchris]

Just another thought, I wonder if I could hook that up to my trucks trailer hitch and save on moving cost? [:-^] [:P]

[Anonymous]

I wonder if the minimum radius I'd need for those cars would fit on the layout in the garage?

It's possible. Michael Tylick said he gets his O-scale trolleys around a 5" radius or something like that.

Maybe they would fit!

I wouldn't have to buy a scale ruler. That would be pretty cool.

[Anonymous]

Very cool. I like the idea of having the model trains inside the train. Can anyone spare 80 or 90K to finance this???[:D]

[IRONROOSTER]

Since it's two cars you could get a buddy, buy them and you would each have one car.
Just need to put off that next new car purchase.
Enjoy
Paul

[Anonymous]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mcouvillion]

Ooops, They are gone! I wanted to see them, but I don't think they would have fit too well in my train room. C'est la vie!

Mark C.

[chrismay]

They are gone...I'd be interested in knowing why they were removed for eBay. Gotta wonder if maybe it wasn't completely up to snuff.

[UPJohn]

Darn i missed them. That is crazy. I heard once someone got arrested for trying something illegal on ebay. i forget what its was though.

[Wdlgln005]

Since the listing has been removed by Ebay, This may have been a bogus sale. I'm sure Amtrak follows govm't rules for selling stuff.

[Anonymous]

This item has been removed from Ebay.Most likely a bogus sale . I don't think Amtrak would have been selling their equipment on Ebay. This must have been from a private owner and didnt meet the muster.

[robert sylvester]

You might want to check out the CSX yard in Waycross, GA. I have been told they have had in the past stainless steel, fluted, and heavy weights from various roads, mainly Souther and Eastern roads. Amtrak I'm not sure. The amazing thing was the price. $5,000.00 to $10,000.00.
You of course have to pay for the car to meet the standards for todays railroad. You know, replacement parts, brakes, hoses, couplers, the simple stuff. Then you have to have it hauled by freight, not passenger, so you can't ride on it. It is then transferred to a city where Amtrak stops. Then you can attach to Amtrak for the ride. If it is a heavy weight and an extra engine is required for the headend to pull the extra weight, you pay for that. Of course you have had to pay for the milage, use to be a couple bucks a mile, a little more now. And if you have to go throught the mountains, it may take investors to get that one car to its destination.
It's nice to dream, your own private car, Mine, well it is a repainted, AHM, well detailed; it is a tail car and I'm sitting at the bar, just watching the Woodland Scenics scenery pass by.
The Hub City Division Yard Office
WTRR

[TrainFreak409]

I always wanted one of those. And a caboose. And a locomotive for that matter.[:p]

~[8]~ TrainFreak409 ~[8]~

[SpaceMouse]

I happen to know that in 49 out of 50 states, that bringing home a full-size passenger car is grounds for divorce--even if you tie a giant pink ribbon on it and tell her it's for her.

[West Coast S]

My wife grew up in three passengers cars that her grandparents converted, so no flak from my wife if we aquired a passenger car to put on the back 2 1/4 acres . Code enforcement on the other hand...

[espeefoamer]

RATS! They're gone.[:(] I needed something to pull with the F40 I just got on eBay[;)].

[TomDiehl]

Hey, a few years ago they had a C-141 listed for sale and it was legit (large Air Force cargo plane). You had to read the fine print, it wasn't flyable and you had to disassemble and transport it off base.

[Anonymous]

There was a Russian submarine for sale a while ago - owner just wanted rid of it but it didn't sell. Eventually it was sold to a film crew and after a lot of modification became "K-19" in the film of that name. An old British aircraft carrier was also listed once - had been sold to somewhere in South America (Chile?) but was no longer needed. Don't think it sold despite a group being formed over here with the intention of bringing it home as a museum. Everything turns up on ebay eventually!

[sebamat]

no Amtrack? You can still try to confort yourself withan old office car (ICRR #3)....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4232&item=7526989471&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

sebastiano