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Hornby freightliners

Postby Teleman on Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:11 pm

Hornby freightliners are going for silly pricies on Ebay some as much as £20 if boxed £10 with no box :shock: Am i missing something here ? at the swap meets they sell of a fiver each or is this then next (dare i say) 'Blue Pullman' craze :?
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Re: Hornby freightliners

Postby Teleman on Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:17 pm

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Re: Hornby freightliners

Postby KingEdward1st on Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:34 pm

But they are pennies at train fairs, as no one wants them! I better start buying at the fairs! :D
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Re: Hornby freightliners

Postby Teleman on Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:02 pm

I have two of the ballast ones in the loft somewhere that i brought back in the 70s , I always wanted the container ones but they cost more at the time and the ballast ones were the cheepest , no boxies though :(
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Re: Hornby freightliners

Postby ozwarrior on Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:15 pm

TheTriangman wrote: Tri-ang did a ballast wagon version, and a tanker One of the wagons in the links is the now rare ballast wagon with 3 open ballast containers, highly desireable.


Whoops! I had one of those but got rid of the ballast containers so I could fit 20 footers. :oops:
I suppose I've just made them more collectable! :lol:
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Re: Hornby freightliners

Postby Teleman on Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:18 pm

We all do it , hope you did not bin them
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