Another Seacrest Auction

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I don't attend shows anymore, so have no idea of the pricing there but asked a friend to give me his thoughts on the March Meet this weekend. Everything is supply and demand and on EB you seldom have direct competition, but at a show it would be different...at least it used to be. Lower prices sold and higher prices went home with the seller.

I recently made what I consider to be a good buy on some KEY Samhongsa built E units, but at the same time, I've seen them sell recently for ridiculous money on EB. So, if you turn over a few rocks, decent buys are still out there.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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[bob turner]

I have done that. Not by explicit tags, but if somebody offered a ridiculously high price I would double it with a smile. Once a guy took me up on it - my CBQ Hudson sold for ten times its value. I tried to talk the guy out of it but he insisted. He wasn't happy, so I told him I would buy it back for the same amount. He kept it. New owners apparently run it on good DC power, but the purchaser was using a Lionel step-transformer, and couldn't figure out how to make it go slow.

[Chris Webster]

While searching for something else, I came across this explanation of what happened to the Seacrest layout - it was donated to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum: Lake Superior Railroad Museum - Depot Construction Project.

The details:

As part of this project, the museum’s footprint will expand by nearly THREE THOUSAND square feet! Shown below, this new area, directly adjacent to Track 7, roughly behind the wood “freight dock” exhibit, will be climate controlled, and become the long awaited home for the “Seacrest” model railroad of the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railroad (DWP).

A long time rail enthusiast, publisher and philanthropist, The DWP was Jim Seacrest’s Favorite Railroad. His family donated this incredible working model to the museum in his honor after he passed. Recognizing the significance of this gift the Depot Foundation is fully funding its installation. This interactive and DCC controlled model train layout will be a perfect companion to the museums very popular HO layout in the gallery. Additional exhibits will tell the story of the DWP, and display different and historic examples of the long- running popularity of model railroading. There’s a lot of options for the new exhibit, and as every model railroader knows… no layout is ever done.

Mr. Seacrest’s million dollar layout shows the DWP from Duluth to the Canadian Border in authentically historic detail. The “O” scale professionally constructed model depicts the railroad in 1955 as it transitioned from steam to diesel. There is certainly a lot of room for historical interpretation is in the model, telling the history of the area, the DWP, and trains in general.

Many details on the model and related display are just starting to be discussed. If you have thoughts or ideas, please let us know! It is an exciting time, as the several phase construction project gets started.

The whole thing is planned as a two year project which in the end will not change the appearance of The Depot, but enhance and preserve it for the future. That will make the Seacrest Model Railroad Installation the exciting new feature and Grand Finale of the two year project.