Wandered into the remanents of a garage sale and found these. Better yet, they were free. Happy fathers day to me. I would love to know who the orinal owner was.
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Can't beat that for a garage sale find. Wonderful bridges and a great trestle too boot. Happy Fathers Day to you, you did well.
Steve, Lady and Tex
You were really fortunate!
Free is good!! Serious modelbuilding there. No chance to ask, as you ran to your car,
"Who built these and where is the rest of it?"
That is about as good as it gets. Happy Father's Dqay.
Art
Definitely a good find. Congrats.
Nice score. That was definitely your lucky day.
It always amazes me what can be found at garage sales. My friend in NY goes to them every Saturday once they startup in the spring. I can't remember how many things he has picked up for me in the way of trains over the years.
I just wish I had the drive to go to them. As they say, you can't win if you don't buy a ticket.
Ed
Wow. That is quire a find. They look to be in good condition, too. Congrats!
Originally Posted by DJ Rocky:
Wandered into the remanents of a garage sale and found these. Better yet, they were free. Happy fathers day to me. I would love to know who the orinal owner was.
EXCELLENT!
Good for you, wish I had some luck finding any trains at a yard sale!
heard stories from writers of train and toy train magazines that the supply of toy trains in attics, garages, basements and at rummage sale are drying up. I disagree. It all ends up in a sale sooner or later. There are still trains in basements, attics and garages. And when the older generation dies off, there will be trains on the sale table,
whether at shows, shops selling old, consigments store, antique stores or rummage/garage sales. Happy Hunting!!
Can't beat that!
Good for you.
Great find DJ....and these will look wonderful on the layout
Alan
Nice score, free is just icing on the cake! 
Nothing as nice but I was handed a box of HO stuff at the Family gathering.
a few usable cars, several parts or cars with broken trucks or couplers.
A 2-8-2 that refused to move when I did a quick test using the included power supply.
Looks like a loop of track, missing some rail joiners.
All in all, something to tinker with then give away once it's working.
Years ago (late 1980s) when I had our hobby shop in Louisiana I was just getting interested in trains. A fella came by one afternoon with two metal chests of stuff - an AA pair of UP Alcos, 8 -10 fairly common PW cars, including my first 6464 boxcar, a 1033 transformer and a bunch of misc stuff. He asked if I'd like to buy them and I said 'Sure". He said he was going to Utah in the morning and would be back in a few weeks. If he didn't return, I could have them.
Left no contact (this was before cell phones & email) and never came back. I asked around and no one we knew knew him...
These two boxes started my PW train collection.
HOLY COW! WOW, WOW, WOW! What a great deal for you. This is what makes it all worth-while. Good for you.
Nice find
All I ever see is crummy Tyco HO stuff
I tried to get more info on them, and certainly is there any more items. The story of the orgin is they were left to be disposed, and saved by someone who passed them onto the garage sale holder because he thought they were valuable. The Garage sale holder was tired of holding onto them, and was de-cluttering. They are not that old and very clean. Maybe someday, someone will see a picture of them and reconize them. I've already made a great spot for all three. Finished pictures to follow someday.
they are MTH bridge and girder pcs. pretty easy to figure out imo.-jim
My old friend Jack Whitmeyer got half of his collection by getting up early and hitting the yard sales and he had a nice collection.
