OT FOAK Model Railways

I'm going to ebay my Dad's model railway stuff - mainly N gauge and HO
gauge locos, wagons, pulman carriages etc - and a rather cool snow plow.
Problem is they've not been used for the best part of 20 years, so I
don't know if they're still working.

AFAIK, they were all working when they were put away, and they've been
kept ever since in the original boxes in a centrally heated house. They
look absolutely mint, but I know they won't go for as much as others
which are sold as guaranteed runners.

I'm planning on offering a full refund for any non-runners on return of
item, but do any of you know how to test them without buggering them up
completely?

I assume that they'll need some sort of service, and I'll have to buy
some track (Mum gave away the old setups), but other than that I haven't
a clue.

 

If they're mint and in original boxes, I mibbe wouldn't worry too much about
whether they're still runners or not. There are collectors who collect just
to keep them in their boxes. In fact, I saw a collector on tv some years
ago, who had one of his collection still in the brown wrapping paper exactly
as it came in the post, so that it was extra mint IYSWIM.

Apart from finding someone with appropriate model railway track etc, I
dunno. Is there a model railway club in your area? Either that or check to
see if there's any model railway exhibitions due - can probably find summat
in one of the dodgy model railway mags (assuming you're not too embarrassed
to be seen with it in your possession...)

 

Hmmmm - Isn't that a bit too excessive/insane? Then again, if there were
more people like that, you could make a fortune sending brown wrapped
empty cardboard boxes and an invoice saying "ASTER LIVE STEAM G1 BAYERN
Gt2 4/4/DR LOCOMOTIVE N/R £3200.00"

Probably, but time is in short supply, and I know if I spend much longer
learning about them all, I won't want to sell any of them.

I'll ask for it to be put in a brown paper bag, either that or swap the
front cover with that of a porn mag so it's less embarrasing to carry
round.

 

Add another £50 to that and you're nearer the mark. Unfortunately I
don't have one of those, the only Hornby in my collection is a Hornby 2
rail OO Golden Fleece - estimated value £35

Got some lovely N gauge Fleischmanns through, they're stunning to look
at, yet again aren't fetching much on Ebay. I've typed 74 items into
turbo lister today, and I'm about 1/3rd of the way through the
collection, so perhaps there'll be one or two more expensive ones still
lurking.

Starting price is a bit of an issue though, I have no idea of the value
of most of them so I think I'm just going to start everything at £1.50
and hope they get bid up to a fair value.

 

They run on 12 volts max. Get a 12 volt adapter (model railway power pack?)
and run a wire from +ve to one wheel and -ve to the wheel that'd go on the
opposite track. Move down the loco until you find the wheels that supply
power to the electric engine.

This will not damage the loco but the wheels will spin.

If you switch over the wires the wheels will go the other way.

 

N-guage locos will find their own price on eBay, They rarley fetch less than
£40 each so don't be scared to start low. (Saves advertising costs)

Make sure you put the words locomotive and engine in the title if it has a
power unit in it and get it in the right category.

 

Are you sure its HO? Are they Hornby Dublo three rail? Is the stock
plastic and what type of couplers? Are they a barbed spike or a C shape
arrangement?

If they are Dublo three rail with earlier couplers I may know someone
who'd be interested [1] pay a fair price and save you on ebay listing
fees.

Use the correct terms and I think the cranks'll find them easier. e.g.
wagons aren't trucks they're, ermm, wagons.


[1] I hasten to add not me. Although, if you have any diesels in blue
that I knew [2] I might be.
[2] 08/09, 33, 37, 47, 50, 56, 58, 59, 60

 

Start them at 99p instead , lower listing fees and makes no difference to
what they'll sell for
--
Alex

Hermes: "We can't afford that! Especially not Zoidberg!"
Zoidberg: "They took away my credit cards!"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk
www.ebayfaq.co.uk

 

You might be surprised with that one, Steph...

Fleischmann is and always has been top quality stuff. Just sit and wait -
you'll get good money for it.

I've got a son who messes about with N gauge stuff, gimme a clue where to
point him on e-bay, please?

Good Luck
Dave.

 

<Nods in agreement>

I start all my stuff (whole bikes excepted) on 99p.

 

No, I'm not sure, because I haven't worked out the difference between HO
and OO yet.[1] I know some of the wagons say HO on the box, so I assume
that the loco's are HO too.

Not that I'm aware, only one of them is a Hornby, and that's the Golden
Fleece.

AFAIK, most of it is plastic, although I think some of the locos are
metal - I'll check tommorrow as they're at Mum's.

Don't know - I'll check that too.

I don't think they are, but if you wish I'll email you a complete list
when I've finished typing it out.

Thanks. I am selling trucks too (Matchbox and Majorette), but thats a
different matter.

I haven't seen any of them - AAMOF I don't think we've got any blue ones.

I did catalogue some diesels yesterday, but I'm not sure exactly how they
are supposed to fit together. In one series there are 3 coaches which
are the same, 5 different coaches (diner, observation, RPO, baggage, and
ruth scribed reefer) and then 3 locos:
PA1 Powered Diesel, PD1 Diesel Dummy [2], and a PA1 Diesel Dummy. They
all match, so I assume they're supposed to be used together. I thought I
might sell them as a complete set, but I don't know in what order they're
supposed to be connected for the photograph. Any suggestions?

[1] I can tell the difference between N gauge and HO gauge though so at
least that's a start.
[2] Does dummy mean they don't work?

 

I just looked up completed listings for them on Ebay - Mine is in a
really shabby box.

I'm currently typing them into turbo lister, so they're not on sale yet.
If I can finish cataloging them and then take photo's of them all by
Saturday, I'll list them on Sunday evening. They shouldn't be too
difficult to find, but I'll drop you a listing number when I get one.

Thanks.

 

If you turn the loco upside down and see if there's a long centre pickup
prong thingy in the middle of it. That's the power connection for the
3rail setup.

 

If you check this item number first, then see sellers other items, you'll
be able to see the first 50:

6006395654