Toy Fair finds

[Ronzzr11]

I went to a toy fair yesterday,at the local football stadium, which had around 280 stalls set up. It was mainly Hornby OO railway stuff, with a few US railroad items in amongst them. I looked at a couple of old Athearn locos, but they were not in too good a condition, with hand rails bent,and stanchions glued on at all angles. I ended up getting a pair of Athearn blue box box cars for $22.60. This was a special edition set, with two PRR/GAEX box cars. I swapped out the horn and hook couplers, and fitted Kadees before I ran them. The next time I go back to Pennsylvania, I,ll have to stock up on metal freight car wheel sets.
Ron

 

[UP2CSX]

Nice pair of cars. IIRC, Athearn came out with this set just before they started RTR production. They are a fairly rare set.

 

[Ronzzr11]

Thanks for that bit of information, the cars are used, but are in pretty good condition.
Ron