Let's hope this turns out well for all parties here. As posted, there certainly are multiple possibilities. Hopefully 'Ray' will stick around and enjoy the hobby for years to come. My own personal experience was at York several years ago rushing through one of the vendor halls with a friend and spotted a pair of MPC Illinois Central F3's on a table unboxed. Handsome units and I have 6 K-Line 72' matching streamliners that needed a locomotive. I figured these would do until I can acquire some newer E series diesels to pull them.
The price was only $150 and we were in a hurry. At $150 I jokingly asked if he would take less (expecting a 'No') but the seller was busy and said "I'll take $100". I was surprised and handed him the cash and off we went. Back at the car I examined them more closely to discover that the chassis was a single PulMor motored unit where the original had dual motors. I didn't mind as they look almost new and actually run quite well and quiet. Won't even budge my aluminum passenger consist but look great on my top shelf. I later found the Lionel dummy B to go with them.
When selling locally in the western NC area, very few of us take credit cards and I've only missed a couple of sales in years.
