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I love the guys who think it's trashed. They produced these things out the wazoo, who cares if one was somebody's custom project. I personally think it's a great piece, thought it was actually lithographed in the first few seconds of viewing the listing. The new owner will be very happy with it while everyone else grumbles. Good on him.

There was a whole collection of fine Lionel that had been painted up like this one.  They were at Cal Stweart a couple of years ago.  You had to admire the effort and skill that went into painting the equipmnet.  On the other hand, there was some very nice Lionel production that been modified this way, both locks and cars.  It was interesting, but not to my taste. 

Originally Posted by David Johnston:

There was a whole collection of fine Lionel that had been painted up like this one.  They were at Cal Stweart a couple of years ago.  You had to admire the effort and skill that went into painting the equipmnet.  On the other hand, there was some very nice Lionel production that been modified this way, both locks and cars.  It was interesting, but not to my taste. 

exactly....just like a custom car, you may not like the look, but you can admire the skill that went into it.




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Lookit the G.  Really nice stripes, and it appears the chassis has very little run time.  Unaltered it's about a $750+ piece.




 

I will be surprised if he gets the $360 ($345 plus $15 shipping) that he has as an opening price. But you never know.

How do you place a value on such an item?

 

As an aside, I am not an expert on evaluating 2332 GG-1's. The stripes and lettering on one side look fairly worn. If I had an unaltered one with lettering like that, I would not redo it, but I wouldn't rate the condition that high.

The only way to run this on your layout is while wearing saddle shoes, spats, a pocket watch on a long chain, a green velvet vest, those little black elastic armbands around your biceps, a boutonniere, a monocle, and a silver/gray top hat.

 

Me?  I'll stick with a cotton shirt, khakis, sneakers, and an all-black gosh-darned steam loco, thanks.

 

SJS

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