Model Railroding inflation rate,past 25 years

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DSchmitt

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Posted by DSchmitt on Monday, September 27, 2004 6:15 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxns

DSchmitt you are doing good.Does the D stand for Doctor.

No, I'm a bureaucrat

I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.

I don't have a leg to stand on.

csxns

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Posted by csxns on Monday, September 27, 2004 3:46 PM

DSchmitt you are doing good.Does the D stand for Doctor.

Russell

DSchmitt

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Posted by DSchmitt on Monday, September 27, 2004 2:53 PM

My pay in 1980 $1000/mo Today $5000/mo

I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.

I don't have a leg to stand on.

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 27, 2004 2:07 PM

First class postal rate. 1979 - .15. 2004 - .37

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willy6

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From: Ridgeville,South Carolina
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Model Railroding inflation rate,past 25 years

Posted by willy6 on Monday, September 27, 2004 1:57 PM

I recently found a mint copy of the 1979 WALTHERS HO scale catalog at an antique store with a MSRP of $5.00. I scanned through it and compared a few items listed then and now in the 2004 edition of Walthers for a price comparison. I listed a few items below FYI.

1979 2004
Kadee #5 couplers(#380-5) $2.20 $2.95
Athearn GP-9,UP (140-3154)pwrd $16.98 $44.50
Athearn 86' hi-cube (GTW) $5.00 $11.00
Atlas signal tower (150-740) $3.00 $7.75
Woodland scenics,Smiley's tow service $16.95 $26.98
Testors paint 1/4 oz. bottle $ .35 $1.19
Kalmbach Publishing
"Small Railroads u can Build" 48 pages $3.50 $12.95
64 pages
and "Modeltronics" had a Mantua built 4-6-2 pacific where they installed a sound system and constant lighting for a price of $159.95.
Idon't know what the inflation rate has been for the last 25 years but you can decide if the inflation rate has hit the MRR industry hard.

Being old is when you didn't loose it, it's that you just can't remember where you put it.

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