FWIW 6 bare Brass US Hobbies Cars $300 +ship

[E7]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185021784831?h ... SwZRphKq8U

Tiny tank car, 52' gondola, Pennsy quad hopper, 10,000 gal tank car w/platform, offset side twin hopper, and offset twin hopper w/peaked ends.

New, No trucks.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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[Chris Rock]

It seems like a good price to me if one or some of the cars fit your railroad, you need to fill out some trains, and want to do some painting and decaling. I'm surprised it is "buy it now" at that price. Am I off on this and is this too much for the lot?

[bob turner]

No - typically such cars are $65-75 each. Maybe the tiny tank sucks the overall price down?

[Chris Webster]

No - typically such cars are $65-75 each.

With shipping and tax, the lot would cost me $404.73, which works out to $67.45 per car.

Maybe the tiny tank sucks the overall price down?

Brasstrains has two of those in stock - they're asking $125 and $100 for them.

[E7]

http://railroadfan.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13146

In case you never saw a tiny tank car in real life, yes Virginia, they are real! LOL

[J. S. Bach]

I have one of those "tiny tank cars", it is a different style than the one in the railfan photo site. Still a nice car, I bought it new when it came out and maybe I should get around to having it painted! BTW, it looks neat next to the "pregnant whale" tanker!

[ScaleCraft]

Opinion:
No trucks, no paint, no decals, not anywhere close to what I'd want to pay.
Must be special.

[E7]

Yeah, but you get stuff given to you!

[ScaleCraft]

True. And I think the most I ever paid for a complete freight car with trucks and couplers, painted and lettered, was fifteen bucks, and no shipping.

[bob turner]

Hmmm - I paid fifteen each for Lionel 700 freight cars in 1960. What would that be in today's dollars? Never regretted it.

[E7]

True. And I think the most I ever paid for a complete freight car with trucks and couplers, painted and lettered, was fifteen bucks, and no shipping.

That's a great trick if you can pull it off! When was this transaction, what was the car made of, and what caliber handgun were you using??? No postage...must have been at a show or an aquaintance,

PS: I had a whole train made from cardboard when I was a kid. Bet the whole thing didn't cost $15, and I had more fun with it than any of this modern crap.

[E7]

Hmmm - I paid fifteen each for Lionel 700 freight cars in 1960. What would that be in today's dollars? Never regretted it.

If the inflation calculator I used is correct: $138.35 you spendthrift!

PS: Why would a word that describes someone that spends extravagantly contain the word thrift?

Should be: spendloot! or Lewinskyied it!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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[E7]

Modern crap holds no great appeal for me - far more fun and freedom just building whatever I want. But these cars are hardly modern by many standards; tank car is the only one that holds any passing appeal for me anyway...

You can piss and moan about it until the cows come home, but it does appeal to a large segment of the hobby. You might take some solace that one of these days the modern crowd will displace the steam diesel buffs, but it's still not going to be anything you care about. Put some posts up about the stuff YOU like. Maybe you'll get some feedback. There are a pile of folks registered on this board, maybe someone is hiding out there! I'd much rather hear about what you like, than sour grapes. Maybe you can teach us heathens something!