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Box cars, value?

Posted by Anonymous

on Fri, Mar 4 2005 10:26 AM

Hi guys, newby here. Someone told me to check out this forum for help with a question of mine. I have two old box cars on my land that people have always told me might be worth a few dollars. Well, now someone has expressed interest in buying them and I have no idea what a fair price to ask would be. I'm not sure if I can post pictures here, but I put some up at my home forum:

http://www.t6p.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5873

Thank for any help!

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Posted by Anonymous

on Mon, Mar 7 2005 3:32 AM

bump

Posted by SSW9389

on Mon, Mar 7 2005 6:01 AM

Those "box cars" are actually old ice reefers. Quite possibly some of the last Santa Fe had in service, I note the ACI label on the one car SFRD 16752. [8D]

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Posted by Anonymous

on Mon, Mar 7 2005 5:39 PM

That is interesting! Anybody else have any input?

Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH

on Tue, Mar 8 2005 1:03 PM

Judging from the pictures, they're probably worth little more than scrap value if the scrap dealer cuts them up on the spot. Moving them intact would probably be difficult and expensive since it would require specialized heavy haul equipment and special highway permits.

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Posted by Anonymous

on Wed, Apr 6 2005 1:42 PM

Hmm... A railroad museum might be interested in a couple classic 40 foot Santa fe reefers that really don't look to be in that bad of shape.
The only (expensive) snag would be moving them.
Are the wheelsets there?

Jimmy

Posted by Anonymous

on Fri, Apr 8 2005 6:22 AM

Who exactly is this person who is interested in buying these two cars? Is this person a railroad buff or just someone looking for storage space? Either way if you feel as though you need to charge something for the two cars, I would recomend that you determine their value as scrap and subtract the cost of hiring a guy with a torch to cut them up on the spot and truck the pieces away. Having said that, if the person who is interested in buying these cars is willing to pay for the lift and transportation costs and you just want the things off your property it may just be a wash. Another option would be to contact some railroad museums (The Illinios Railroad Museum would be a good start) and ask those people if these cars have any value and if they may be interested in them. At any rate, intact cars of this type are becoming rare so I would not recomend having them destroyed! I hope these are helpfull sugestions, good luck!!!