Re: Steam Locomotive Values
| January 20, 2020 12:28PM |
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Too true. I've also known in two cases, rolling stock couldn't either be moved to the desired property or from it, in cases where trailers or cranes couldn't get in and out due to roads that wouldn't support them. One guy had to give a caboose away because he didn't do his homework on getting it onto his land.
Another guy I know had a diesel switcher, land-locked from the RR line that was torn out after he'd had it delivered that way. There were no roads to get it out of where it was.
Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> You can't underestimate the expense of moving one
> of these beasts these days. Often, the moving
> costs exceed the purchase price. In the case of
> #41, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the
> purchase price was only 1/10 of the moving cost.
-Lee
Flickr photo set of my On30 layout
Another guy I know had a diesel switcher, land-locked from the RR line that was torn out after he'd had it delivered that way. There were no roads to get it out of where it was.
Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> You can't underestimate the expense of moving one
> of these beasts these days. Often, the moving
> costs exceed the purchase price. In the case of
> #41, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the
> purchase price was only 1/10 of the moving cost.
-Lee
Flickr photo set of my On30 layout
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