I'm sure most of us on here can't afford to be "into" steam trains as a hobby but... I thought I would post some pics of a 1" scale steam train that a friend of mine is looking to sell.  If you know anyone with a fat wallet that is involved with these type of trains pass on my info.

Thanks

Crewchief




He also has a tender car that will go with the package, I just couldn't get pics at this time.

It takes thousands of hours to make these live steam trains.

They also have to have the boiler inspected and certified as safe to operate.

I used to have a client that was the USA distributer for alot of the companies that make the VERY high dollar trains.

Unbelievable amont of money that people will dump into them!

What is a fat wallet??   
Those look like it would be a cool hobby though.

I have seen the price sheets on them ranging from a few thousand to over 100 Grand for a complete train with engine, tenders, luggage cars, dining, etc.  Depends on the scale, what the train is a replica of (guess theres some pretty famous trains), who made them, etc.

That is just badass! 

 I can see a track running around the back yard and I can make a lot of chugga-chugga whoo whoo noises.......

Who's got 22k to lend out? 

Ray