Up for sale is an American Flyer / Gilbert HO scale # 5318 New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive and tender, MDT refrigerator car, LNE gondola and caboose. I have rated these items are restoration required, mostly because of the condition of the locomotive. Starting with the loco, it is dirty, has a significant number of chips in its black painted finish, is missing its lead and trailing trucks, has a home made drawbar, is missing various rods and main crankpin bolts and the right front marker light is broken off of the casting. Still, there is actually an up side. These early Hudsons were AC powered although you can certainly run them on DC, but the result is a loco that "under the hood" is very different from the Gilbert Hudsons most folks know. Since it is AC powered, like Lionel and American Flyer O and S gauge locos, this loco has a mechanical three position reversing unit located in the tender. So this loco has a forward, neutral and reverse sequence like other AC powered locos of the era. Even though the piece looks awful the reversing unit cycles correctly and reliably! Additionally, the motor with a field wound armature and series of gears that allow the drivers to turn without power much like Lionel locos, also runs very well in both directions. So I can safely say that it has a good reversing unit, solid motor and drive train and good drivers. At this point I should also note these early Hudsons did not have a smoke unit or chugging function. Likewise, the tender, beyond having a good reversing unit, has a good casting with weak lettering, good trucks and a working American Flyer die cast coupler. The die cast cars are in matching cosmetic condition. The MDT reefer has lost most of its lettering. The Lehigh & New England gondola is probably the best car of the three. The finish is ok and the lettering and L&NE decals on each side of the car are in good condition. The caboose has lost its lettering and has a bend in the corner on one end of the roof. I took a close-up photo of the bottom of the caboose because three of the four truck side frames appear to have been re-attached with epoxy glue. Like the loco, all of the die cast bodies on the cars are in good condition with no signs of deterioration. The trucks on the reefer and gondola are in good condition and the early American Flyer die cast couplers are good on all three pieces of rolling stock. In closing I would say that this sale offers a Gilbert HO collector a nice winter project.Thanks for looking and good luck offerding!

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SHIPPING POLICIES

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** We ship small items and international items via USPS Priority mail and larger or heavier items via UPS. Nicholas Smith Trains will not be held responsible or liable for any problems resulting at your local customs office. If customs duties are assessed, these are in addition to your shipping charges and must be paid directly by you. No refunds will be given for items that are seized at your local customs office. Nicholas Smith Trains will not be held liable for any customs duties or taxes that arise from your local customs office, nor will we be held responsible for any additional fees the local carrier in your country may charge.

** We will combine items to save you money whenever possible.

** We generally charge 1-2 dollars for packing and handling. However, larger items or an sale with multiple items (a train set for example) may incur a larger handling fee. If you check my response you will see manycomments about the quality of my packaging. However I remind you good packing takes time and costs money.

** When shipping via UPS we are not able to ship to P.O. or A.P.O Boxes. An actual street address is required.

PAYMENT POLICIES

** If you win multiple items do not pay until you have received an invoice from me combining shipping and handling costs.

** Full payment of invoice is expected within 7 days of sending your invoice. If we do not receive your payment in that time frame and you have not notified us of special circumstances, we will use the Non Paying buyer Alert system to remind you of your obligation.

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** Pick-up at Nicholas Smith Trains, 2343 West Chester Pike, Bromall, PA 19008 with the option of additional payment arrangements can be accommodated.

** Pennsylvania residents will pay 6% Pennsylvania Sales Tax. If you are a Pennsylvania business and have an exemption certificate you must contact me directly before the close of the sale to make arrangements to place your exemption certificate on file. Failure to forward you certificate as required will result in your being charged sales tax.

IMPORTANT POLICIES

** We generally leave response after response is received from the purchaser.** All sales are final and items are sold "as is" so please ask questions before offerding. Unfortunately I am not able to be an expert on everything that has ever been made, but do my best to accurately describe each item. That being said, we are not unreasonable. If you purchase something and are not happy, lets talk. Buying and selling on should be fun and we want you to have fun too!

Thanks,

Don TCA 87-26263