https://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-6457-LI ... 4435754804
NOT Trainz! Worst set of photos I've seen, but if I was looking for another Lionel caboose, this would be it.
Roof corners intact. Lighted. Roller. Couplers on both ends. End ladders. Stack. Toolboxes. Appears to have the clear window insert.
$12 BIN is GOOD!
But the photos..geez. Looks like the thing was wrapped for 40 years in cardboard and it adhered to the sides...but then, the background looks like that, too.
I think it's just stupidphone 3.0 photography.
But you get all the stuff with this one!
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Re: Caboose
ScaleCraft wrote:But the photos..geez. Looks like the thing was wrapped for 40 years in cardboard and it adhered to the sides...but then, the background looks like that, too.
I think it's just stupidphone 3.0 photography.
I've seen several listings that had that strange appearance to all the photos - can't imagine that they enhance sales. Do none of these folks actually look at their own listings? Yeesh!
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Re: Caboose
Lying on the floor to take the pictures? You couldn't find a table, or a chair, or even a stair case? The floor had better lighting?
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Made it race against time.
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Made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad, now it's done --
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Re: Caboose
You guys are all wrong about the photography. This reminds me of some of the "secret" photos of new models shown in car magazines over the decades. Obviously, this is caboose is a prototype! 
It's photo was taken in a secret Lionel development facility in Frostbite Falls, MN and smuggled out. 
I should be writing these ads. Maybe I should branch out into fiction. What do think, Rufus?
(Or maybe I write enough of it now. 
)
George
It's photo was taken in a secret Lionel development facility in Frostbite Falls, MN and smuggled out. I should be writing these ads. Maybe I should branch out into fiction. What do think, Rufus?
(Or maybe I write enough of it now. )George
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Re: Caboose
The cynic in me says it might be intentional...sometimes it might be advantageous to include crappy photos. Like that never happens.
Re: Caboose
My photography skills have always been poor. I have gotten results like this. I believe the camera was too far away plus it was focused on the wall behind it. When cropped the three pixels left couldn't save the image. Good price though. I longed for one as a kid as I only had the lowly 6257. When I got back into 3 rail I not only got a couple of 6457s but also upgraded a 6257 and 6357 with all the 6457 detail.
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Re: Caboose
Over the years I picked up (for free) cabooses with broken roof corners, stack holes, steps. Also cheaper cabooses nobody wanted, swapped parts, repainted into NP, and I had all the add-on stuff.
Broken, junk bodies got cut up to create cab ends on the steam loco. Windows and rivet detail. All for free, which was exactly what they were worth.
Broken, junk bodies got cut up to create cab ends on the steam loco. Windows and rivet detail. All for free, which was exactly what they were worth.
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