S Scale Work Cars For Sale
(last updated April 3, 2024)

I am selling a large number of S Scale equipment for people who contacted me for help selling their collections.

I am still working on these For Sale pages to provide more detailed notes to better describe the condition of many items and to reflect updated Greenberg book values. If you'd like more information about any one or more items, email me; I'll dig them out and provide any information you'd like.

For reference purposes, I show an estimated book value for most items, adjusted for condition. These should not be interpreted as firm, fixed asking prices. Make an offer I can't refuse!

Items that I have not yet evaluated and priced are shown with a condition of “TBD” and price of “ask.” If you are interested in one of these, email me and I will check it out for you.

If you are interested in buying an item shown here, email me: theupstairstrain@gmail.com. Please include your mailing address so I can calculate shipping charges and send you an invoice with the total.

Shipping cost will be actual cost via Priority Mail (for large or heavy items) or First Class mail (for small, light items), and I will happily ship items together to minimize shipping costs. I ship everything insured unless you accept full liability for loss or damage in shipment.

Submit payment by ZellePay, bank check, or personal check. Don't waste your money on a money order or cashier's check.

As much as I would like to, it is impractical to provide pictures of all these items because there are so many and because things keep flying off the shelves. Pictures of both sides, top, and bottom are available on request. In the meantime, if you're looking for something, ask – I might just have it.

Because I have so many items for sale, I am splitting the list up onto thirteen web pages:

I have a very large inventory of freight cars, track, switches, switch controls, Track Terminals, Track Locks, Uncouplers, Air Chime Whistle controls, Track Trips, Crossover Tracks, Rubber Roadbed, Track Bumpers, etc. Check them out!


Work Train Cars


Qty

Manufacturer

Model

Description

Notes

Condition

Box?

Value

owner

1

AF

634

floodlight car#1

yellow light housing; clean; rust on handrails; original weightless link couplers; plastic chassis; one step broen off; rust on one truck; Brake wheel missing

C-5

N

$20.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

634

floodlight car#2

yellow light housing; plastic chassis; one step broken off; clean; original weightless link couplers; brake wheel missing; rust on handrails; spots of surtface rust on platform

C-5

N

$20.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

634

C&NWRY floodlight car


C-3

N

$1.00

MY

1

AF

635

AFL Crane Car

Yellow sheet metal cab and green crane arm on diecast 42597 C&NWRY chassis; all four steps intact; one truck badly rusted and one wheelset is frozen; both knuckle couplers work but do not pop open; red roof and brakewheel are missing; original string has been replaced; crank wheel corroded; scattered spots of playwear paint loss, some rusted

C-4

N

$3.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

645A

boom car with Marx crane

link coupler trucks replaced with knuckle coupler trucks; Marx plastic crane mounted on boom car bed; crane arm mount is missing; very dirty; catwalk ends broken off; smokestack missing; all four steps intact; rust on tracks and axles

C-4

N

$3.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

646

Erie Floodlight Car

Unpainted red generator and silver light; all four steps intact; very good lettering; no rust; scattered tiny spots of playwear paint loss; both brakewheels and floodlight lens missing; one original knuckle coupler works great; the other is broken; wire from truck to light was broken and has been replaced; there is a bad electrical connection somewhere so the light doesn't work reliably

C-5/C-6

N

$20.00

SDSG/SL

1

AF

646

Floodlight Car

unpainted green plastic generator; one brake wheel and two wheel sets missing; no bulb or lens; one coupler broken off; very dirty; side of one truck is rusty

C-5

N

$10.00

MY

1

AF

646

Erie depressed center floodlight car

Unpainted green generator and silver light; all four steps intact; very good lettering; clean; one brakewheel missing; light rust on sideframes, couplers, and axles; generator was loose - treat it gently; light housing secured with non-standard screw

C-5

N

$15.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

648

Track Cleaning Car

missing tank tank lid, cleaning pads, and 2 brake wheels & 1 post; one set of nibs broken;

C-5/C-6

N

$15.00

MY

1

AF

740

Handcar

I got the handcar running once, but now it's struggling again. the mounting holes are stripped so the body goes up and down rather than the men! I may be able to fix it with epoxy and self-tapping screw.

C-4

N

$10.00

MY

1

AF

944

Industrial Brownhoist crane car

Gray chassis with lettering on the left. Both couplers work; restrung with heavy white cotton string. otherwise

C-6/C-7

N

$40.00

SDSG/GT

1

AF

944

Industrial Brownhoist Crane car

strings have been replaced; all four steps intact; couplers work but don’t spring open; excellent lettering on body and chassis, but the paint and lettering are flaking off the boom; rusty pulley plates; lime many of these cars, the diecast crank wheels and hook are corroded; there is some rust but mostly in places you don't see.

C-4/C-5

N

$12.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

945

Work & Boom Car

diecast chassis; side fences, brake wheel, catwalk end, chimney, and toolbox intact; both original knuckle couplers work; excellent lettering and paint

C-7

N

$37.00

SDSG/JS2

1

AF

945

AFL boom car

plastic chassis; brake wheel, catwalk end, and all four steps intact; white repro fences

C-6

N

$25.00

SDSG/JS

1

AF

945

work & boom car

plastic chassis; all four steps intact; clean; both couplers work; tiny spots of playwear paint loss; has RVT fences

C-6

N

$27.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

945

AFL work & boom car

diecast chassis; catwalk end intact; no rust; very clean; side fences have 3 of 4 mounting tabs missing; a few scattered spots of playwear paint loss and nicks in the roof paint

C-5/C-6

N

$20.00

SDSG/JG

1

AF

945

work & boom car

Diecast chassis; all four steps intact; both couplers work; both fences and tool box missing; rusty axles & couplers

C-4

N

$5.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

945

boom car

Diecast chassis. AFL version. Dirty & scratched; no fences; catwalk & chimney broken off; front coupler doesn't spring open

C-4

N

$4.00

SDSG/BS

1

AF

946

Floodlight Car

unpainted red generator with mounting screw holes broken; very dirty; one truck turns stiffly; rust on metal wheels and axles; one knuckle coupler works but doesn’t pop open; the other opens and closes but its weight is frozen in the up position; untested

C-4/C-5

N

$9.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

948

Track Cleaning Car

good lettering with scratches through a couple of letters; all four steps intact; one knuckle coupler works but doesn’t pop open; the other coupler is broken off; a little rust on one sideframe; both brakewheels missing; scattered spots of playwear paint loss on high spots

C-5

N

$11.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

948

Track cleaning car

clean; both knucklecouplers work fine; both brake wheels missing

C-5

N

$11.00

SDSG/JG

1

AF

23743

track maintenance car

Runs great

C-7

N

$161.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

24549

Erie floodlight car

Knuckle couplers, yellow generator and silver light housing; the lamp does light.

C-7

N

$48.00

SDSG/BS

1

AF

24561

Industrial Brownhost crane car

Painted with knuckle couplers. One step broken. In repro box.

C-4/C-7

N

$7.00

JS

1

AF

24569

Industrial Brownhoist Crane car

Mounted on diecast 42597 C&NWRY chassis with 2-wheel knuckle coupler trucks; one sideframe and two wheelsets missing; restaurant access; string to hook is broken and wrapped around crankshaft; former owner jury-rigged a wire to keep the Crane from turning while the train is running; dirty

C-4

N

$3.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

25071

Tiejector Car

excellent lettering; a little dirty; no ties; Pikemaster couplers intact; rusty axles; rust on chassis and actuator lever; it operates stiffly and doesn’t want to return

C-4/C-5

N

$5.00

SDSG/SB

1

AF

48513

CSX Flatcar with Generator

NIB

C-10

Y

$28.00

MY

1

Marx

5590

crane car

mounted on Gilbert six-wheel trucks; works great. Dirty

C-6

N

$50.00

SDSG/JS



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