Hiya, folks. This post consists of two parts. (1) A week ago, my younger brother in PA passed away in his sleep with no prior health issues! Our families are still in shock. I haven't talked with my sister-in-law about it, but I realized he left her with a huge problem: what to do with his N-scale LO and trains. Being a lone wolf and not having connections with other train-people, there's no one to advise her. I can't really help her living here in Japan. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. (2) Since I'm going on 78 years of age and don't think I'm immortal, I don't want my wife to have to deal with the same issue as my sister-in-law. And living in Japan just complicates things even more. So, I'm preparing to sell off most of my train-stuff on eBay. I don't expect to make money on the deal; the main object is to get these items to someone who will appreciate them and use them. I don't want to think that they'll all end up in the dumpster which is the only alternative. I'm starting to make up a list of the loco's (steam & diesel), rolling stock (nothing modern), tons of scratch-building materials, shells, motors, chassis, etc. so if anyone is interested, I can send you the list. Thank you for reading. Respectfully, Jim Maurer Tokushima, Japan
Jim- Sorry to read of your family's distress. When you are ready to do any selling, please use our Swap Meet section, where we are set up to do any selling.
Certainly an unpleasant detail which must be dealt with at some time. Did your brother have an LHS he frequented? They may be able to assist/advise on disposing of the collection. Depending on the state/construction of the layout, perhaps it could be donated to a historical society/local museum/library? Good luck and our condolensces.
