Atlas Golden Spike Club Cars

 If the Cliquot Club reefer was the first release it's the only one I have. I was in need of a chassis to replace one of my reefers that had warped and cracked. Figured it might be just as cheap to by a whole car and get a spare set of trucks as well. Was looking for an undesirable one that could be bought on the cheap with perhaps body damage. Found a Golden Spike Cliquot Club on the bay nobody had bid on and bid the starting price of just over $20.00. Ended up winning it for that price. I believe the fact that the seller only showed a pic. of the sealed brown shipping carton most people passed it over and never gave it a second look or were willing to research it. I did see these going for about $70.00 a while back.

Interesting thread, and I have several of these cars, "the Cliquot Club, ginger ale" car was number 1.  Would it be possible for you to post pictures of your collection, this way I can see the ones I may be interested in buying. Atlas O made great quality cars and engines. I have their club engines...Thank You.

Sure.  There are a couple of other Atlas cars pictured.  These others weren't club cars but I believe they were special offers only to Golden Spike Club members.

I do have the original shipping container for most of these.

Let me know what you think.

Does anyone have any additional input?

I like the demonstrator cars even though they are not truly correct, they are close enough!

This car has a red leaf on the other side.

cerbyg posted:

I'm considering selling my Golden Spike Club cars (three rail).  I think I have all but the very first release.  I don't believe any of them have been taken out of the box.

I've watched the bay off and on for the past several months and these don't seem to come up for sale very often.  So, I'm wondering how they've held their value.  Have they increased in value due to what appears to be a lack of availability?  Have they at least held their value based on the purchase price?

I need to thin some things out a bit and thinking about selling these first so any input on value would be appreciated.

• 2008 Napierville Junction 50' PS-1 Plug Door
• 2009 Scatena Bros. Wind Company 40' Wood Reefer
• 2010 3-B Beer Bellingham Bay Brewery 40' Wood Reefer
• 2010 Baker's Chocolate 8,000 Gallon Tank Car (White)
• 2011 Agash Refining Corp. "Italian Cook" 8,000 Gallon Tank Car
• 2012 Union Pacific RR PS-4750 Covered Hopper
• 2013 Dewey and Almy Chemical, 40' Wood Reefer
• 2014 Trailer Train Bulkhead flatcar with pipes
• 2015 Italian Swiss Colony Tipo Wine Reefer
• 2016 Canadian National Single Door Boxcar

I would try selling them for the amount you paid to buy them. I don't think any have increased, if at all, in value that much.

I will need to go to the basement to see what I have. Some of these I don't recognize. I am pretty sure I passed on a red, white and blue covered hopper as if I remember it was a trainmaster version. 

I might be interested in the 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Can you please email me with your asking prices?

cerbyg posted:

Sure.  There are a couple of other Atlas cars pictured.  These others weren't club cars but I believe they were special offers only to Golden Spike Club members.

I do have the original shipping container for most of these.

Let me know what you think.

 

 

I am interested in the ADM grain car. That car was in Sioux City a few years ago. I have photos of it.

cbqer@aol.com, please.

Dick

A seller at the January Big E show in Amherst last year had them for $40 apiece. Willing to deal if you bought several.  

I am interested in buying the

• 2014 Trailer Train Bulkhead flatcar with pipes

FWIW, rather than start a new thread... I thought I'd mention I received my 2017 Gold Spike Club car last week, a yellow TTX Extended Vision Caboose.  Very, very nicely produced.  They must have come over on the same boat with the factory's production run of other Extended Vision Caboose offerings.

David