Help Identifying & Valuing Train

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Help Identifying & Valuing Train

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Hi guys,


I've come into the possession of a train that I know fairly little about, but from what I can tell, it is a 1:8 Live Steam Train meant for a 7.25" gauge track.

It's a Crampton style mostly based off of the LNWR Liverpool with some details that look to be from the L&M Lion.


I'm looking to sell it, but am unsure on what to ask or how the best way to sell it may be.

From what I can tell, some pieces are missing (So it cannot be easily tested)

Any guidance?


Thanks,
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Only Crampton I ever heard of in the US was built by Victor Shattock and was owned by his late grandson Ken Shattock. This wouldn't be it would it? I believe it was 7 1/2" gauge, though.
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I believe it is a Crampton and what a beautiful model. I would leave Florida and move the New England if I owned that just so I could run it. Amazingly nice example.
Google "crampton steam locomotive"
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Harry Quick of Mahoney City, Pennsylvania built a 7 - 1/4" gauge Crampton, but I don't believe this is Mr. Quick's locomotive.
It was a fascinating thing of beauty to watch in motion.

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Re: Help Identifying & Valuing Train

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Do have the tender?
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Hey Bernie,
Joe Cardelles stuff is what you need.
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Re: Help Identifying & Valuing Train

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Pontiacguy1 wrote:Only Crampton I ever heard of in the US was built by Victor Shattock and was owned by his late grandson Ken Shattock. This wouldn't be it would it? I believe it was 7 1/2" gauge, though.
Actually I'm in Canada (Vancouver) where the train was originally built.

I'm not familiar with the Shattocks.

To the best of my knowledge, the train was created by a machinist who left the country and gave it to his friend. That friend had it for a while, fell ill and passed it on to my friend who has had it in his TV room for a few years now. Apparently there was a spec binder at one point in time, but it seems to be lost.

I measured again earlier today, and I'm fairly sure it actually is a 7.5" I'll post a picture of the wheel width soon to hopefully clear things up.

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Fred_V wrote:I believe it is a Crampton and what a beautiful model. I would leave Florida and move the New England if I owned that just so I could run it. Amazingly nice example.
Google "crampton steam locomotive"
Thanks, I have done a bit of googling on that. The tough part is that all these trains are basically custom, so I have little to compare to.
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backyardrails wrote:Do have the tender?
Bernie Grow
Unfortunately not.

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Re: Help Identifying & Valuing Train

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LVRR2095 wrote:Harry Quick of Mahoney City, Pennsylvania built a 7 - 1/4" gauge Crampton, but I don't believe this is Mr. Quick's locomotive.
It was a fascinating thing of beauty to watch in motion.

Keith
They are great trains. The downside on ours, is that I haven't been able to see it go. :cry:

I'm not familiar with these sorts of things and would be concerned about operating it wrong.
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If you measure between the wheels it should be 7- 1/8" for 7.5" track. The Vancouver track is 7.5".

As far as value of this train that is hard to say as it is such an odd ball and no tender will hurt the price. You could put it on https://discoverlivesteam.com

This is THE place to advertise an engine for sale. You could say "make offer" or put in a high price and see what happens. It is very common that people think their stuff is worth much more than it really is so buyers will always make offers which opens the negotiation phase and you can dicker back and forth.
Good luck,
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Re: Help Identifying & Valuing Train

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Fred_V wrote:If you measure between the wheels it should be 7- 1/8" for 7.5" track. The Vancouver track is 7.5".

As far as value of this train that is hard to say as it is such an odd ball and no tender will hurt the price. You could put it on https://discoverlivesteam.com

This is THE place to advertise an engine for sale. You could say "make offer" or put in a high price and see what happens. It is very common that people think their stuff is worth much more than it really is so buyers will always make offers which opens the negotiation phase and you can dicker back and forth.
Good luck,

Thanks Fred,

What do you think my initial asking price should be?
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