PRR H10 - Who's built one, and what did you use?

[VonRyan]

Cody, For $10.00 more I would get the trainworld 2-8-0. If it's newer stock?                                                             Rich

Well i put in my bid already yesterday...
So the question is do i ask the seller to cancel the bid i place or do i just go with it and take the chance that it might need some work?

-Cody F.

[SkipGear]

It depends. If you put the bid in for the minimum, at this point let it ride. If you put it in for anything more than the minimum, I would ask him questions like, how old is it?. If you put your bid in for more than the price of the Trainworld one, then retract it. Shipping from Trainworld will be more than the Ebayer so keep that in consideration.

[VonRyan]

It depends. If you put the bid in for the minimum, at this point let it ride. If you put it in for anything more than the minimum, I would ask him questions like, how old is it?. If you put your bid in for more than the price of the Trainworld one, then retract it. Shipping from Trainworld will be more than the Ebayer so keep that in consideration.

My max bid combined with the shipping cost comes out to $55.
It looks like it has the motor in the cab... is that a bad sign?

-Cody F.

[Lemosteam]

There wa no guarantee that you would win the auction anyway.  At least TW has a return policy!  So far you'll only be in for $60 plus shipping, right?

[Chris333]

I know you bid already, but that one doesn't end for 4 days.

Here is one that ends in a hour:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BACHMANN-N-Scale-Dixie-Line-N-C-St-2-8-0-390-NEW-/160878606882?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item25751cba22

[Lemosteam]

Well i put in my bid already yesterday...
So the question is do i ask the seller to cancel the bid i place or do i just go with it and take the chance that it might need some work?

-Cody F.

Since it is obvious he has track, see if he will send you a video of it running, slowly...  Just a thought.  If it runs erratically maybe he will let you retract your bid.

[VonRyan]

There wa no guarantee that you would win the auction anyway.  At least TW has a return policy!  So far you'll only be in for $60 plus shipping, right?

Well, so far as i know, i still am winning, with the only bid at that. Hope fully the loco doesn't have any problems a little Labell cant fix...

-Cody F.

[Dave V]

You can probably tinker it into working.  I've only ever had one steam loco work perfectly out of the box, and thank God too, 'cause it was a 2-8-8-2!

Tinkering is a great skill to learn.  I've never had to waste time sending a loco back for warranty work.

[Kiasutha]

I know you bid already, but that one doesn't end for 4 days.

Here is one that ends in a hour:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BACHMANN-N-Scale-Dixie-Line-N-C-St-2-8-0-390-NEW-/160878606882?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item25751cba22

Curious. It seems to have ended with no bids.
And his other 2-8-0's seem to be priced at double that or more...
You guys are dangerous. I dropped Pennsy steam years ago partly because of the cost and difficulty getting components, but you and a "birthday trip" to Altoona a couple weeks ago are getting me interested again...

[pennsyfan1361]

Cody, I would not worry about the locomotive. The Seller offers
14 days money back, buyer pays return shipping. Shipping to you is only $3.25 so the most you'll be out on shipping should be around $8.00. If the engine is a bad runner  most times you can fix minor problems. I would not cancel the sale because that would hurt your ebay standing. You should ask the seller how well the loco runs? I don't see that in the listing and that will help your case if there is an issue          Rich

[mmagliaro]

Curious. It seems to have ended with no bids.
And his other 2-8-0's seem to be priced at double that or more...
You guys are dangerous. I dropped Pennsy steam years ago partly because of the cost and difficulty getting components, but you and a "birthday trip" to Altoona a couple weeks ago are getting me interested again...

Darn!  I wish I had seen this.  $40 was quite a steal... well, assuming one was willing to do some fix-up if it needed it.  That's still a good buy just for the parts.

[Chris333]

I know I should have bought it myself.

(contact the seller)

[peteski]

Then why didn't you guys place the minimum bit on it?    It does't cost you anything if someone else bids on it. You know (going by what I know about eBay), when the seller re-lists it, it will probably end in a bidding war between two newbies and it'll sell for $150! 

[Lemosteam]

peteski, I want one but I didn't want to steal it from under VonRyan if he wanted it.

VonRyan, B6 cab has been cut, sanded smooth and shipped.  It's ready to attach to the backside of your shortened K4 shell.  Not sure if the measurements to cut the K4 shell on my vid will be the same for the Bmann connie, but you can start the calculatiuons there.

[mmagliaro]

Then why didn't you guys place the minimum bit on it?    It does't cost you anything if someone else bids on it. You know (going by what I know about eBay), when the seller re-lists it, it will probably end in a bidding war between two newbies and it'll sell for $150! 

Ahem... I believe my exact words were, "Darn!  I wish I had seen this. "  meaning, I didn't know it was there,
or I probably would have put in the minimum bid on it. 

It's just as well.  I'd much rather that Cody gets what he needs to do his project.