Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette's

Or donate to a railroad museum or public museum and take the tax deduction.

Dick

That is quite the collection!  I had about 15 years worth and the trouble with that many magazines is the exorbitant shipping costs.  Didn't get much response until I offered to give them away locally and then they went quickly. 

Thanks guys, I roger that about the shipping costs, my plans are to split the costs.  I've donated about 25 years worth of Model Railroader and Railroad Model Craftsman.  I also donated about 6 or 8 years worth of Mainline Modeler to a local train club.  They said they will keep the MLM's and during open houses, they will hand out the others.

Do you think it might be a good idea to suggest a trade for a locomotive or something?

Anyway, thanks so much for your responses.

Great magazine but shipping costs kills most deals.

Hi JEM.

Your a good bloke donating the mags I did the same with the club over here.

I go to England every year to see my son and one year I took half my suitcase full of free train magazines for a fellow modeller over there, didn't cost me anything just scraped in with the weight, coming back would have been different!

Roo

Thank you all for your comments, they are very appreciated.  From the first time I started thinking about getting rid of them, I've been thinking about what the costs would be for the shipping, I think they would be astronomical so I think I'm going to see if the local libraries would be interested in them.  Thanks again for you comments, have a good one.

I actually sold off my father-in-law's collection of these when I was closing out his estate - put them on eBay as year sets and was getting on average $20 per complete year set.  You might want to look into that option to see what they are selling for now - seems that this might be one of the very few mags that actually retains any value.

Take a couple of years worth to the Post Office.  See if they will fit in one of 'if it fits it ships' boxes (probably 3 or 4 years worth might fit per box).  Those boxes are not weight dependent but size dependent.  That will give you a base model for your shipping costs.  BTW you've got my interest up!    Russ

Magazines or any printed matter can ship at the "Media Mail rate" at the post office.  It's less than any other shipping method the post office offers.  The only thing that may be less expensive would be to see how many magazines will fit into one of their Priority Mail boxes.  

About thirty years ago or so I sold a bunch of Train related magazines that were given to me by a relative.  They were all from the late '30s to the '60s.  I recall getting a decent price for them.  Model Railroader, Model Railroad Craftsmen and I think Trains. 

USPS media mail rate does not permit magazines (or other items with extensive advertising).

https://about.usps.com/notices/not121/not121.htm

EBay if you want to try and sell them.  A quick look on Ebay & there are many titles of your Short Line NGG for sale at all different price points.  Otherwise offer them to a member here and have the person pay shipping or a local model train club.

Just hauled two pick-up truck loads of magazines to the recycle place. Model train, model car and real car mags. Offered them for free....no takers.  Good luck.

@jemwilsonEM I'd be interested in early volumes. Slow boat would be fine. Please IM me.

J. Motts posted:

 My problem is, I don't know what to ask for them, any ideas?  

 

Check what year sets are selling for on eBay -- not what they are listed for, but actual selling prices.  When I was selling year sets I used to average ~$20/yr.  But since these are now available electronically, I don't know what that market is now.

I gave my SL&NG magazines away. Excellent magazine, too.

I see the magazine was just sold to the folks that bought RMC ...White River IIRC

Not surprised. Bob Brown owned and edited it nd must be getting along in years.  I really enjoyed the mag.

I'd love to buy any that have articles or drawings on the ET&WNC railroad, but I can't tell you which issues those are...

The dealer I gave my issues to still has some of them, I will look through them for anything on the  Tweetsie.

jim pastorius posted:

Not surprised. Bob Brown owned and edited it nd must be getting along in years.  I really enjoyed the mag.

Bob and his wife are mid 80's so they should slow down some!! 

p51 posted:

I'd love to buy any that have articles or drawings on the ET&WNC railroad, but I can't tell you which issues those are...

P51, if you use the webpage 'Find' function, there are a few dozen references to tthe ET&WNC on this index page:

http://www.wisemanmodelservice...gazette/SUBJECT.HTML