Massive Train Haul

[flatcat]

Just scored another of my spectacular bargain hauls

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Sadly these boxes are empty as the seller has lost them I have the green cattle truck, however, that I can put in this box




Oh, and this train is missing:




The big station is complete apart from missing two roof edging tile sections (most annoyingly one is a corner piece!) and a couple small accessories:




Crossing, complete:

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I will try and get some pics of the train later, as it is in pieces atm being cleaned, as some kid has dropped their soft mints over it and they have melted into all the crevaces

There is no track, as that is with the missing carriages over at the seller's friends house, so if she gets them back I will go and pick them up.

Damo

[tahra]

GREAT haul! Congratulations.

I LOVE the 4300.

[Wolf Knight]

  Damo has done it again!!! 

[skypurr]

Fantastic collection Damo - how do you do it?   
Was it an ebay find or advertised locally?
I presume knowing you, you got it for an incredibly cheap bargain price too 

Elaine

[PrimusPilus]

Impressive haul .

[playmofire]

So your fears that it would be a wasted journey were unfounded, Damo.  It's a great selection you've got there, but I'm puzzled how it's possible to lose three trucks - the owner must have been very careless or very short sighted.

[flatcat]

Well the owner had taken the collection, with the track etc round to a friends house so all the kids could play with it in the garden, and in an apparent 'Rush', the owner (seller) had left half of it including the track behind.

This was apparently 2 years ago, and she hasn't heard from this friend since then (I think they had fallen out), and this friend has still got this Ladies £200 light from habitat, but whether this friend has still got my track and the lamp after two years I don't know

Anyway those 'friends' are away at the moment on holiday, so my Lady is tagging along with the woman who's feeding their cats while the'r away and doing a planned raid on their garden shed!

I'm not really expecting anything else, as I paid £100 for this lot, with the bonus of finding anything else.

Damo

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Just had a nasty suprise when I removed the boiler from the 4052!



In the outside there is sticky mint, in the funnel there is red lipstic, and on the inside there seems to be this runny yellow, almost bannanery smelling stuff

I have now removed all the electronics and completely dismantled the train and it is in soaking in warm soapy water

Hopefully I can get some pics later!

Damo