K-Line Pass Car Value?

Depends on if yer' buyin' or sellin'...

It looks like you're buying, because you don't have them yet.  Unless you are somehow just "coming in to them", then it looks like you're selling.

Or are you looking for an insurance quote because you are going to just enjoy them, whether in the boxes or on your layout/shelves?

I suppose either way, you could check recent eBay sales(not asking prices) for a good yardstick(consider the shipping too).

All I know is the 21" cars are way up in demand. Which NYC set do you have exactly? There were several.

I'm not sure what #2 is, 21"b&o madison cars? The only 21" k-line cars that I'm familiar with were streamline aluminum cars. Maybe these are 18" heavyweights?

Do the heavyweights have interiors?

Jim

I'm getting them Tuesday.   Will post pictures and more details then.

It really comes down to what the market will bear. My observations are these cars are highly sort after, so if are soon to be the proud owner of three sets, good for you.

They are superb runners and you will no doubt be pleased with these acquisitions.

IME, $100 a car.  I have seen them as low as $65 and as high as $135, depending on unit, road & condition.

A lot has to depend on what condition they are in, also what railroad and how many were made by K-Line. Some stuff by K-Line is very highly sought after while other K-Line stuff will set on shelve for years. 

The set of passenger cars that I want to buy from K-Line are the Reading Company's 'Reading Crusader' cars.

A little side note about the K-Line heavyweight passenger cars, their truck assemblies used to fall apart because of zinc pest or poor quality casting, mainly 16 and 18 inch passenger cars(4400 series) had this problem. Most passenger cars will have had their trucks replaced by now, so it should no longer be a big problem.

I have an add-on or unpainted heavyweight that this happened to, so I replaced the truck assemblies.

Lee Fritz

I goofed.  These are 21" Aluminum  Streamliners with B&O Colors.  Brand new

Nine cars for $275.00!!  How did I miss that one!!!  WOW...that is only a little more than $30.00 per car!!!

Alan

It lasted on the Buy/Sell board for less than 30 minutes. It was about three weeks ago.

Would you be comfortable sharing what his screen name was? Sounds like the type of seller I want on my email alert list....

I think I have him on my alert list but unless you have a smart phone or a computer attached to your body by the time you read the e-mail the items are gone. They only last a few minutes.

My suggestion would be that you put the B&O cars up for sale, sooner rather than later. 

The definative set of scale B&O Columbian cars will be the Golden Gate Depot set when the B set issues at the end of the year (set A - the coaches have already shipped.)  The GGD set are expensive (retailing for about $200 a car), but my guess is that when the B set comes out (observation, dome, diner, combine), that some folks who currently hold the K-Line 21" cars will put them up for sale.

Jim

Going to market now on the OGR sell board now with the NYC ones.

Best of luck, I'm sure they will sell.

I had both the B&O and Pennsy sets of 15" aluminum cars.  K-Line sure did a nice job with the paint on these cars.

Jim

I saw Dave snatched the NYC set soon as it hit $399 shipped. I would have probably bought them for that price too, but I'm fickle about my original boxes and passed since they didn't have the master set box.

Either way, at $100 per car desirable sets like the NYC will sell.

My free advice (you get what you pay for! ) is sometimes to be patient on what is posted on the sell board.  I have had stuff sell in a matter of minutes, other stuff take a couple of days or even weeks.  While a lot of folks check the boards several times a day, others (especially those that read the forum but don't participate) will only read them once or twice a week.

Repost your cars and leave the posting sit for a couple of days, if it doesn't sell then lower the price. 

Jim

Thanks guys!

are the B&O cars still available?

Wealth is measured not by what you have, but by what you can give away.  Kudos to the guy who gave someone a deal.