FORUM POLL - All Welcome, Please Add Your $0.02

That CM&SP drovers' above is similar to the shorter Denver and Salt Lake drovers'.  I

am learning that a lot of roads once had these, that I had not heard of, so keep them

coming.  Since there will only be ONE? example, I guess I won't get too excited.

OK, I always thought the drover caboose just had passenger seating, but no baggage compartment with sliding doors. 

The cabooses that were similar to combines were used on short line mixed trains, at least that is what I remember from a Mr. Beebe's book on short lines I used to get from the local library as kid.

So this caboose will not have a set MSRP but will be available for bid on an auction site?  

Yes, that is correct at our auction at

http://lbrenterprisesllc.homes...html?_=1410703029914

Dave, LBR

> On March 23, 2015 at 12:54 PM O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
> <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
>

I'd take a D&RG or D&RGW in the longer versions.

I would also take a Unlettered one.

I suspect some of the pictures are suffering from compression.

From all the decent pictures I've seen a Drovers Caboose should be longer than normal.

I'd really prefer a listed MSRP vs an auction. Auctions tend to get out of my league fast. Limited qty vs demand for these is going to max price out.

Plus right now I'm scrimping to pay the Tax man. No train money for a while.

Russell,
If you have been to our auction site you may have noticed in the rules
posted there that there is either an MSRP or LBR SRP that will be on each
auction presented to the public.
I believe the LBR SRP for this first DROVERS CABOOSE will be in the
vicinity of $175.00 USD. Usually the auctions start out at around 50% of the
MSRP, in this case about $87.00 USD to begin with.
Dave, LBR

> On March 23, 2015 at 2:04 PM O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
> <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
>

I am not inclined to bid on a toy train.  I like knowing what the MSRP is and paying as close to that as possible.  

 

I am not sure which picture is the actual caboose that you will be auctioning.  They all looked nice so I am sure you will sell them all.  Good luck to you.

Not into auctions. On E-Bay I will do best offers, buy it now, or set a price. Auctioning an item only turns me away, especially someone that auctions items they produce. I know several that produce items for the hobby and auction them, big turn off for me.

Reading was the world leader in Anthracite production. The company skirted anti trust laws that prohibited railroads from involvement in mining. Another forum I'm on did some extensive research, as we did a war emergency 2 bay hopper as a club car. Doubt they would have had drovers though.

Don

Auction winner gets to pick makes sense to me. That attracts the most bidders and therefore will bring the highest price. As for those who don't like auctions - it's an auction. Can't win if you don't play. 

Ahh... so the picture is now becoming much clearer... I first thought you were soliciting info from the forum to determine a roadname (or roadnames) for a NUMBER of cars you'd produce and sell via PURCHASE.  That apparently isn't your business model.

 

Given that it now appears you may only be producing ONE "Drover's caboose" to be sold via AUCTION, then I would most certainly agree that the buyer should be able to choose the road-name, since this will be a custom-built car anyway.

 

I would be inclined to PURCHASE custom built cars, but currently have no interest in buying such a car via auction.  So I'm not your target audience. 

 

David