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 Posted - February 26 2011 : 2:49:01 PM
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Allentown Purchases
Saturday, February 26, 2011
    
I can not complain as I did not spend more then 12 dollars on anyone item. The Athearn blue box was a awsome deal most of the cars were $4.50 each. The Silver Streak is for sale also make me a offer...
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Posted - February 26 2011 : 2:51:10 PM
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Hey, some nice finds - is that a metal SW7 I see? Lots of good stuff, and reasonable, too. Sweet!
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Posted - February 26 2011 : 2:56:37 PM
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| Yes it is a Cary SW-1500, made by Bowser they just recently stopped making them :(
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Posted - February 26 2011 : 8:51:49 PM
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Nice Finds......
Here is what I gathered up today.....
Walther's Metroliner Cafe Car-$5
Tyco Ill Cnentral Gulf 630-$7
Athearn beater CN engine for parts-$10
Athearn F45 SF Passenger engine-$12
Athearn GP-9 SF engine-$8
Athearn F7 Power & Dummy engines= $18
American GK E60CF- $10
Tyco 430 Alco Canadania- $25
The interesting thing today.... there wasn't many nice Tyco engines and not many $5 parts engines around.
Edited by - AF Kid on February 26 2011 9:27:04 PM
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Posted - February 27 2011 : 04:55:54 AM
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UGGG I was gonna buy that E60 but he wanted 30 bucks for it... You talked him down to 10?
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Posted - February 27 2011 : 09:44:41 AM
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I pointed out where all of the detail parts were missing- that I have from a Bachmann parts E60CP and an American GK E60CF. I just wore him down until he gave in.
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Posted - February 27 2011 : 11:17:43 AM
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I hate haggling down prices, sometimes you got to do it though. I got the L&N Mantua from him for 4 bucks I should have seen what I could do when I saw the e60 but I walked when I saw 30 buck on it thinking he was one of those guys.
Did you see the guy with the red box Tyco stuff? He had some crazy prices like 60 bucks for a animated boxcar(I got 6 of them in the box and never paid more then 20 for mine) and 750 bucks for a Civil War set... Did he even make back what it cost to rent a table? lol
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Posted - February 27 2011 : 3:52:43 PM
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| A lot of sellers at those shows still haven't realized the economy is in the tank and their stuff is over priced even for boom times when the economy was good. Some sellers just don't have a clue. I do wonder sometimes how they can afford to go from show to show without selling anyting to pay for their tables.
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Posted - February 27 2011 : 3:56:23 PM
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truew AF Kid But I got some deals yesterday at both Train show & toy shows 
But you & Pierce got some cool stuff 
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Posted - February 27 2011 : 6:23:28 PM
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Way to go gents!
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Posted - February 27 2011 : 8:18:02 PM
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I went back on Sunday to see if I could get the NJ Transit engine and cars. The engine is an Athearn and the cars are Rivarossi. I never new Athearn made a NJ Transit engine.
This is the rest of haul #2 I got today while wandering around for a while.....
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Posted - February 27 2011 : 9:19:56 PM
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Yesterdays Allentown purchases...
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Posted - February 27 2011 : 9:36:37 PM
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taycotrains - sweet B&O chrome pssenger set! Saw one in Santa Fe at Mizell's & he had $170 for it  Do want the nonchrome passenger set in UP  Love the Chessie Loco too
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Posted - February 28 2011 : 01:40:26 AM
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| I like the Chessie Steamer, who makes that?
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Posted - February 28 2011 : 02:15:31 AM
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Taycotrains- you found those Chrome F9's there.? I can't believe I missed that. Those, the AEC F9 and the Cotton Belt F9, are the only ones I don't have.
Those are awesome.....
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Posted - February 28 2011 : 06:34:15 AM
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The chrome B&Os where purchased near the mens room in the larger hall from a father and son team that I never saw before the set also came with 4 more chrome cars but the skirts are broke...
The AB set (which is perfect) and 4 beat up cars cost $65.00
The Chessie is a IHC and it has smoke and is boxed...$35.00 came from the same vendor
$100.00 total for everything.
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Posted - February 28 2011 : 11:07:34 AM
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| Wow, people just give those chrome sets away over there don't they? NYC and I found one there in 2009 (same show when I met you Tayco), but it was in a bit worse shape than that. For $35, no boxes either, can't complain. But for the shape the chrome appears to be on yours, you got a great deal. The skirts don't look too badly damaged, and you could always splice a repair part from another car and blend it with silver sharpie or a Zig pen.
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Posted - February 28 2011 : 11:38:11 AM
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Here are my purchases from the Greenberg's Train and toy show this past weekend
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