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Seriously deranged

Postby G3750 » Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:25 am

OK, so I am in the market for a TMCC Alco S-2 diesel switcher. These all date from the early 2000's; the Legacy versions are later. The livery is unimportant as it will be repainted into another Weirton Steel unit, but it must function correctly.

Someone offered me a Legacy version so just for giggles I looked it up the product #. Here's what I found:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/401043680415?_t ... 101224.m-1

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Wow.

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Re: Seriously deranged

Postby jlong » Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:52 pm

Feel fortunate you don't live in Canada.

You have options.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/334095801258?hash=item4dc9a95baa:g:oJcAAOSwPTJfh1IT

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Seriously deranged

Postby G3750 » Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:46 pm

jlong wrote:Feel fortunate you don't live in Canada.

You have options.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/334095801258?hash=item4dc9a95baa:g:oJcAAOSwPTJfh1IT

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Beauty, eh? :lol:

Actually it is a drop dead gorgeous Premier engine. I know. My first and only MTH locomotive was a Reading S-2 (PS2). It was my test engine when I was trying to build a layout with DCS.

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Re: Seriously deranged

Postby chuck » Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:30 pm

MTH actually catalogued a Weirton Steel S-2 with PS-3. I don't know many were actually produced, product number was 20-21258-1. There is one on eBay listed at $499.99. If you have to use in command mode add another $200-$300 for ERR replacement boards.
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Re: Seriously deranged

Postby jlong » Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:36 pm

G3750 wrote:
jlong wrote:Feel fortunate you don't live in Canada.

You have options.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/334095801258?hash=item4dc9a95baa:g:oJcAAOSwPTJfh1IT

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Beauty, eh? :lol:

Actually it is a drop dead gorgeous Premier engine. I know. My first and only MTH locomotive was a Reading S-2 (PS2). It was my test engine when I was trying to build a layout with DCS.

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I was looking at the price. Ridiculous for the secondary market by a private seller. Looks used actually and advertised as a little dusty.
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Re: Seriously deranged

Postby J. S. Bach » Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:26 pm

jlong wrote:Feel fortunate you don't live in Canada.

You have options.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/334095801258?hash=item4dc9a95baa:g:oJcAAOSwPTJfh1IT

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Be aware, almost everything that that seller lists is overpriced by a factor of two to three.

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Re: Seriously deranged

Postby Norton » Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:34 pm

J. S. Bach wrote:
jlong wrote:Feel fortunate you don't live in Canada.

You have options.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/334095801258?hash=item4dc9a95baa:g:oJcAAOSwPTJfh1IT

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Be aware, almost everything that that seller lists is overpriced by a factor of two to three.


But buyers buy his stuff regardless. Well over 400 positive feedbacks in just the last month. I don't get it.

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Re: Seriously deranged

Postby G3750 » Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:10 am

chuck wrote:MTH actually catalogued a Weirton Steel S-2 with PS-3. I don't know many were actually produced, product number was 20-21258-1. There is one on eBay listed at $499.99. If you have to use in command mode add another $200-$300 for ERR replacement boards.


I saw that! It's gorgeous and from the catalog photos appears to be the correct color for the era. The sounds are probably correct as well.

I am pleased to report that I have a deal pending for a TMCC version (same loco that became WSX 208).

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Re: Seriously deranged

Postby Norton » Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:58 am

There are obviously a lot of folks with disposable income willing to spend it on trains. Manufacturers, dealers, and individuals seem to have buyers even at these inflated prices.
I was watching this item that started out at 99 cents. Maybe not surprising it sold for what it did given it may be one of a kind. I was not aware something like this ever existed.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/373660658360

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Re: Seriously deranged

Postby Neil » Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:09 pm

More than a little steep on the pricing.
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Re: Seriously deranged

Postby jlong » Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:00 pm

Norton wrote:There are obviously a lot of folks with disposable income willing to spend it on trains. Manufacturers, dealers, and individuals seem to have buyers even at these inflated prices.
I was watching this item that started out at 99 cents. Maybe not surprising it sold for what it did given it may be one of a kind. I was not aware something like this ever existed.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/373660658360

Pere


hirailfarms says it all. He comes up with a lot of obvious fakes.

I don't see any Kughn signed document in the pics. General Mills got the factory prototypes. The machining looks rather fresh. It could be authentic for all I know but I would not bank on it. It sold for far less than what a known, authenticated factory prototype of this nature would have sold for.
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