AHM Golden Car Series...

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

Anyone hear of that line by AHM?  How much you think one of the cars would be today?

Asking this because I picked up 9 of them today for $.99 a peice.(Atleast they are not engines!) Once I get some of them fixed up( some have missing parts)I can take a pic if no one has seen them before.

[jayl1]

AHM is now IHC - same owner.  Those cars are probably out of production. 

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

I know that Jay...but these look like a collectors series as they aer weathered and I guess used in the 1800's and early 1900's

[jschmid]

they come weather'd, and depending on the box doesnt matter as the only thing that has changed is there magic mate couplers, which are actully horhooks with  uncoupling pins

[msowsun]

How do you know they came weathered? Can you show us a photo of the car and the box?

[tonycook1966]

The AHM Golden Car Series date back to the late '70s from what I recall.  The cars were delivered with weathering applied, the AHM catalog boasts this as a feature of the series.

Here's a pic of the two unique car styles offered in this series from a late '70s AHM catalog...



I don't have one to confirm it, but I think Con-Cor may currently offer the former AHM Watermellon Car.

A quick check at Walthers shows a number different roads in stock for this car...

#223-520101 Old-Time Ventilated "Water Melon" Box Car -- Denver & Rio Grande Western  $9.98

Tony