Passenger Cars

[jon-monon]

I've been collecting these for a while, most bought for a couple of clams at the LHS, and a few come from afar, thanks to my good friend Paulius. I don't know anthing about most of these.

I'm hoping Ray or someone will tell me one is valuable and I can sell it and retire from the procedes.

This one is metal with very fine details.

 

[jon-monon]

Wood with bad paint

 

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[jon-monon]

Old metal Athern RDC I believe.

 

[jon-monon]

Scrath built on an Athern diesel chassis

 

[jon-monon]

Much newer than the rest, 70's? Tyco?

 

[Lighthorseman]

Cool Beans!

Neat stuff. I wonder if the "wood with bad paint" one is one of the old old Walthers kits? I think I saw an MDC Overton combine in there, too.

I'll give you NO MORE than seven million for the lot.

 

[jon-monon]

Hmmmm, I wonder where I can cut back and make it on 300K/yr until Social Insecurity kicks in? Gee, I was hoping to sell just one and keep the rest

 

[interurban]

Jon I could make some LOVELY Traction models out of most of them..
Let me at em!!!!!!!
Especialy that wooden one!!

 

[jon-monon]

I think the metal one should be preserved, but the others you may well see under the wire one day, Mate

 

[spitfire]

Chris, that was my first thought too!!!

Val

 

[Bill Stone]

Jon,

I can only speak to the open platform cars.....

The two white body/black roof cars (one with the body upside down!) are MDC/Roundhouse Overton cars.

The pukey green car with some spots of yellow and a gray roof, is an MDC/Roundhouse Overland car.

These are still available new, so may not be "collectable."

The Red car with scarred gray roof was a coach made by Pocher and sold (if I remember correctly) by AHM, perhaps 20 to 40 years ago.

I have some of each of these in various stages of bash.

BillS

 

[jon-monon]

Thanks for the scoup, Bill. Now that Steve knows they are probably not worth $7M, I better plan on going to work on Monday. Good eye on the upsidedowner These are mostly in a state of disrepair, and so was I at the time I shot the pics ;ast night ops: I would be surprised to find any of them collectable, since most came from my LHS and I didn't pay much. I see a table saw blade in their future

 

[Bill Stone]

I dunno Jon. Collectable or not, that all-metal one --- the first pic --- is a nice old thing, and deserves space on a display shelf.

BillS

 

[jon-monon]

Ya, that one I wouldn't hack up. Also the RDC. Neither is probably worht much but both are neat and should be restored, or at least shelved. I have mixed emotions about the scratchbuilt doodlebug. It looks to be glued together, so it can't be serviced It runs, and I have two bachmann doodlebugs that look 100% better, so I might pull the mechy our and use one of the other bodies to make an interurban. Gee, Chris, should I power it from the tracks? Or the overhead?