odd find

[trainsmaster2142]

i found this on ebay a while back and i dont know if its real?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PENNSYLVANI...883?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337e52ae4b

 

[cascaderailroad]

Starting bid: $ 20,000 ... Where's the rest of the loco ... lol

It has 5 offers - Buy It Now !

I had to laugh:

YOU ARE BIDDING ON A PRR STEAM ENGINE CAB ......THIS IS THE REAL MCCOY......THE CAB IS FROM PRR I 1sa #4679. THIS LOCOMOTIVE WAS ORIGIONALLY BUILT AS AN I1s BY THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN 1923. IT WAS REBUILT AS AN I1sa IN FEBRUARY OF 1936. IT WAS RETIRED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE IN 1952 AND WAS MOST LIKELY SCRAPPED LOCALLY IN ALTOONA AS IT HAS SURVIVED HERE INTACT FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION. THE CAB MEASURES 10 FEET WIDE, 10 FEET LONG WITH ROOF EXTENSION, AND 8.5 FEET TALL WEIGHT IS ABOUT 2 TON. MUST BE PICKED UP. DELIVERY IS AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL CHARGE (PAID IN ADVANCED). EMAIL WITH QUESTIONS. NO REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE REFUSED....GO AHEAD MAKE AN OFFER ON A PIECE OF RAILROAD HISTORY....WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE?????????....MAKE AN OFFER YOU MAY JUST WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At 2 Tons that makes it @ $ 10.00 a pound, for scrap metal

 

[slabay]

Starting bid: $ 20,000

>snip<

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE?????????

Only about $20,000.

 

[Steamdemon]

You could turn it into a machine that has Awesome graphics, a fast processor, a 20TB Hard drive, and you could hard wire the cab controls to play TS12 or whatever version you had. That's what I would do.

EDIT: Just saw it's a steam cab. Oh well.

 

[cascaderailroad]

If I win the Powerball Lottery I would buy it, and turn it into an outdoor backyard Trainz simulator sunshade, (and mosquito proof it with window screen).

 

[jlp1551]

If I win the Powerball Lottery I would buy it, and turn it into an outdoor backyard Trainz simulator sunshade, (and mosquito proof it with window screen).

And install a fridge to keep plenty of cold beer!:hehe:

 

[Engineerkenny]

I would buy it if I had the money and if my dad were to let me have like $500 or something close:hehe:

 

[frogpipe]

It's just a bunch of bent sheet metal... by which I don't mean "who'd want a steam loco cab", I mean "It's literally just the sheet metal skin"

I think I'd mount it's front against a wall, with some appropriate "out the window" views in the front windows and set up a model railroad inside, so it was like a canopy over the bench work.

Nice artsey fate for the old cab, But if I was gonna do that - I scratch build the damn thing...