Paradox of our hobby

Does it have room in the tender to instal TMCC? 

Ben

Simple is nice, but I have noticed lately allot of my simple locomotives do not get run as much.

I love running steam engines and swore off diesels... then the F3 and FA bug hit... never say never.

I had not really looked at the engine before so when I examined it I got a big smile.  It has no light, no smoke, no E-Unit, no chuff, and has a non operating solid coupler.  This is the plainest engine and yet highly valued in the collector market.  There is the paradox.

I see no paradox. Collecting typically isn't about operating characteristics. There is something else about an item that makes it desirable to collectors. Often it is scarcity.

Boy, that's the truth--the G. Fox car is a plain jane boxcar with actually lousy graphics!

Another junk item that has high collector value is the early Flyer 625? tank. They had a plastic frame that warped. I guess most were discarded, so they are quite hard to find, even with a warped frame. I almost threw one out myself. Happily, I thought better of it.

in the old days collectors did not worry if an item worked. the only thing that counted was the appearance.

Bob C.