NEW MEMBER HAS HO TRAINS TO GIVE AWAY

[Richard Powers]

I was an avid second-generation model railroader in my youth, HO gauge, then packed it up when I headed off to college. I always thought I might return to it when I retired, so I kept it all these years, but I won't be doing that.

If anyone wants it, FREE to pick up (in Redwood City), I have photos and an inventory list.  Not that much, just one box.  They have been untouched for more than half a century—the newspaper wrapping is 1965.  So they are either from the 1960s, or my dad's from the 1940s.  Motorized and non-motorized steam and diesel, freight and passenger cars.  In a separate box, I have a dozen HO structures that I either designed and built myself, from balsa wood, or from plastic kits.

Btw, I'm keeping my brass HO and HOn3 locomotives for now (Mason Bogie, Reno, Heisler, D&RG #20, etc.), and my books on Colorado narrow gauge railroads, but I could be talked into selling those if someone was passionate about having it.  This post is mostly about giving away my HO items from the 1940s and 1960s.

Let me know if you're interested!  [e-mail]

Richard