yea i am o gauge.  i wanted to get a set.  the new lionel conrail set out is just too high for me.  its going for 429 on ebay but that is not selling.  so it will probally go way down next year.   plus i dont have legacy and dont see myself getting it soon so i am looking for an older train set.

my dad worked out of ashtabula.  from 64-91.  train derailed and he had to jump and messed up his back so that was pretty much it.  he was a conductor but there was always a lot of bumping going on so sometimes he was home everyday and other times he would be gone for days.  he died in 01.  i got his 736 berkshire and freight set.  had it for 8 years and this year decided to get it out.  so now im hooked.

don

my dad worked for the conrail railroad and i wanted to get a conrail train set rather than building one.  is a train show or ebay the best place.  thanks

thanks for the help

first train show.  any advice or hints.  on anything involved with it.  time to get there, products etc.   THANKS

cne.  i am not against ebay either i was just stating that i wasnt making post supporting them either

yes that is one item,  i can find a ton that works the other way as well.  bigger items are good and there is a lot of free shipping

hi, again i want to make sure that everyone knows i am not some supporter of ebay.  and also i am not trying to find out what the prices are because i am a collector.  but being new i thought it would be a good idea so i dont get hoodwinked.

postage on ebay:  yes you pay postage but you dont pay tax.  i got a set of a dealer for 229 but paid 13 dollars tax.  so its about the same

ebay problems with item.  i have never had a  problem that wasnt resolved.   they have a great dispute system in place and you also have buyer protection.

feedback system.  if you buy off a guy that has 96% feedback then you deserve what you get.  look at nothing below 98%.

so again i am not on ebays side but its going to be hard for the dealer to compete with a store.  i hope he does.  but 2 just closed here in the last year.

yea, believe me i am not a great supporter of ebay.  but there is not much in the card world or the train world that i see so far that you cant get there.  hopefully they dont run em out of business.  a lot of card shops haveclosed up and just selling on ebay themselves or doing the shows.

well did some research today.  one is i only do o.  ho is worth nothing.  but i think ebay is killing the dealers.  i went to 4 hobby shops today and asked if they would bring the prices down at all.  they all came down but not much at all.  but they were still40-100 dollars off of ebay.

hi everyone, i have been in the card collecting rhelm for years and there is a price guide called beckett.  is it not by far the be all of prices but it does give you some aspect of the price of a card so at least you know the neighborhood.

is there something like that with trains.  there are so many products out there.   new and old.

thanks

thanks for the suggestion but i have no clue what your talking about. lol. 

oh, lol.  i totally missed what you were saying.  i thought you meant you never handled one for real.  i didnt catch you were knocking on my correct spelling.  lol

wow, i think if i can make the sound from my transformer i will stick with that.  legacy,  thats a lot of money for something that just makes sounds.  think i will just keep playing my 5 dollar train cd.  i can use that money for another train.

thanks for answering my question

yea thats a k line.  i suprised you never had on.  i really like it.  they are heavyweights, stream lighting so if one bulb goes out it will still light evenly.  metal trucks and op. coupler.  plus interior details w passengers.  i saw other ones i was looiing at that only had silouhettes that were more.  but i think the interior makes it more realistic

hi, i dont have any products.  i was just wondering do all these new trains that have life likes sounds in them.   do i need to purchase something extra to here them or do i just push on button on my transformer and it makes the sounds

those engines your talking about, do i need the legacy to hear them?