Hi, Glad to see some life in the A1G. I've been reading the e-mailings on Edwards new find of woodside box.E-bay is a great way to find some items especially in model railroading that would otherwise be hard to find. The thing that you really have to watch out for are the dis-honest sellers who try to pull the wool over the eyes of would be buyers. I know of a few individuals who got burned thru e-bay and didn't get what was pictured in the auctions. My friend Jeff bid on a Rivarossi steam loco that was suppose to be in mint condition. He won the bid and upon recieving it, notice it was all in parts. This wasn't broken during shipment, this was mailed out this way. So, when bidding on A1G cars, throughly check them out the best you can by checking the seller's rating (good or bad) and e-mail the seller with question concerning the item up for bid. The A1G site is the best place to check for proper A1G cars. Some people I've ran into think that all cars that were manufacturered in Austria are A1G cars even though they were made for other companies other than Atlas. A true Atlas A1G car will usually have the Atlas stamp on the bottom. As for e-bay, you'll have to take the stance of "buyer beware" when bidding. The best place to buy A1G cars are thru a model railroad swapmeet. Make a list of what cars your after using the A1G site for reference and throughly examine the cars you what to purchase making sure that the entire car is made of true A1G parts from it's road number to it's wheelsets. This site has worked great for me on finding cars, especially the two different color versions of the 40' steel double door IC boxcar. This came in brown and orange. It's odd seeing a IC boxcar that would normally at the time be orange in a brown color. I need to make a list and post them here of the A1G cars I got so far. My favorite being the Monon composite gondola. Always liked that one as a kid and I still do!
Rick
From: "Edward Bridges" <edward_bridges@...>
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Subject: [a1g] Re: Odd car
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 19:16:26 -0000
The 2363 is a wood box car with road number 39857.
Well, at least I did get a box for the 2363 as it was listed as no
box.
Thanks for the information.
Edwarsd Bridges
Granger, TX
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