What constitutes an N Scale Collectible?
People collect a lot of things. From all things ever released in N Scale to every car and loco ever released in Union Pacific, to every Micro Trains car ever released, to all things intermodal, to only 40 foot boxcars, to only cars released for the Lackawanna Railroad. There is something for all kinds of collectors in the NSC. Part of supporting our historical mandate is the commemoration and recording of the values of the collections that many of the members have. We started with, Micro Trains Line cars and Con Cor Collector sets, but for the last few years it has expanded to cover Kato and Atlas locomotives, and rolling stock from many manufacturers. In order to do this, we have to define what standard makes a car collectible. From the very beginning, Wick Brandon (our founder) looked at ways of defining what it is that we collect. In essence, the major issue was how does one establish the “original-ness” of an object that is not sealed from the factory. When George Johnsen joined th
People collect a lot of things. From all things ever released in N Scale to every car and loco ever released in Union Pacific, to every Micro Trains car ever released, to all things intermodal, to only 40 foot boxcars, to only cars released for the Lackawanna Railroad. There is something for all kinds of collectors in the NSE. Part of supporting our historical mandate is the commemoration and recording of the values of the collections that many of the members have. We started with, Micro Trains Line cars and Con Cor Collector sets, but for the last few years it has expanded to cover Kato and Atlas locomotives, and rolling stock from many manufacturers. In order to do this, we have to define what standard makes a car collectible. From the very beginning, Wick Brandon (our founder) looked at ways of defining what it is that we collect. In essence, the major issue was how does one establish the “original-ness” of an object that is not sealed from the factory. When George Johnsen joined th
