Help - I have a MMI brass K-27 Mikado that a fella wants to trade with me for. I picked this up several years ago here on the forum but really have no idea what it is worth. In looking on the auction site I see 5 or 6 similar locomotive with different cab numbers. Two are listed by a shop in WI for $549 but they are 'used' and have black boilers. Cab Nos 453. A third is at a shop in GB, has the factory painted "Flying Grande" black boiler and cab No 493. The box shows it as a K-37. This one is listed at $1082 USD.
Several others are asking $1795 and one is $2249?
Ours is a factory painted Green boiler cab No 463. Has a speaker in the tender with a multi-port connector. These are beautiful, heavy locomotives with a high level of detail made in Korea. Mine appears to be un-run.
Had hoped to add an On3 line to our layout before it was dismantled. Now, she just sits here looking pretty!
Does anyone here know the market for these? What's she worth as 'trade value' towards a Legacy engine in your educated opinion? I really like this one and won't mind keeping it either. Would not sell it outright for $500 and if she's worth $1000 I don't want to let it go for $600... Where else can I ask?
These are the labels from two of the others