I have been looking at the auction websites and the Buy-Sell forum and I am seeing a lot of modern used trains at a fairly low cost. I am not one to go out and buy just for a newer technology. For instance when a newer version of the N&W J #611 comes out with Proto 3 or Legacy, I am not wanting to toss aside my current J for the new version. Maybe some of us on this forum do just that; I am just not one of them.
So if you are trying to sell trains to get that new item, that means your used train is bringing in less money. Does this effect the ability to buy more new stuff? Is the fact that used stuff is going cheap make you want to buy the used trains instead of the new trains? The pre-war/post war market has changed, now the modern train market is dropping as well. A friend of mine use to say, just expect .50 on the dollar when selling your trains. .50 on the dollar is no longer the reality. How does this new reality effect you?
Scott Smith