I am desperately searching for a Lionel CSX Motor City Express Train set. My nephew is turning 7 years old in April and he is crazy about model trains. He wants nothing more than this CSX and I have been searching for a year for one, but have been told that they no longer makes these, and I have not been able to find one for sale online. If someone knows where I can find one or has one that would be willing to sell, please message me directly lane111682@gmail.com.
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Have you tried Dale’s Train Station located in Norfolk Virginia as they’ve got thousands of trains, so much so that they don’t have their inventory listed on line; so you’ve have to call them to see whether they have the CSX 6-11180 set in stock.
Good Luck in finding one!
Thank you so much for responding, I have not tried them yet but I will call them now. Thank you again for your help.
By the way, your email address is presently not included in your Forum profile, so you may want to add that in case people would prefer to contact you directly in future.
Thank you, just updated this.
Mel - Let us (the Forum) know how you made out. Also, FYI I still don’t see your email address when I call up your profile.
Incidentally Mel, I wish I had relatives like you when I was a 7 yr. old kid because I note the set in which you’re interested is certainly not what I’d consider to be a Starter Set as back in 2012-13 (when it was released) Lionel’s MSRP was $970.
In all seriousness though, the fact 10 years have passed since its release may mean the set will prove to be very difficult to find (if at all), and a check of a Lionel Price & Rarity Guide indicates that its value has increased since then.
Nonetheless Good Luck!
I'm not sure what I am doing wrong regarding my email, so I had to add it to the actual body of my forum message. I did message Dales Train on Facebook and unfortunately they do not have this train. I really do appreciate you, I love my nephew, he is such a great and smart kid, and Im really hoping that one day I can give him this train since it's the train of his dreams which has turned out to be the most difficult find as you stated.
There's one on that auction site right now for 1275 BIN.
Oh wow thank you so much N'awlins...can you tell me how I can't get to the auction site? I'm not familiar with this
Sure PM me. See my profile and I’ll walk you through it.
3rail: Where - specifically - is this CSX set located? Someone mentioned an ‘auction’ before but I wasn’t able to find it on some of the popular auction sites?
Thank you so much, I will check this out now.
Donald - ‘No Match’ comes up when I punch in 6-11180 on that site, even when I narrow the category to Toys and Hobbies. Just sayin…
Try "Lionel Motor City Express"
It came up for me...
Bingo! Thanks very much N’awlins.