K-Line Katalogue

e*Train Issue: May 2003 | Posted in: 1970-now Modern Era, Collecting

By M. Stella

One Hundred and Sixty-Four pages of K-Line offerings just arrived in the mail and I have to wonder who in our toy train hobby is still buying all of this stuff? I like K-Line. I buy it when it is unique, priced low, or offer something I have been waiting for.

In the entire 164 pages I found ONE new item I plan to purchase. It appears on page 52 and is quite unique (cute too), priced reasonably, and is something I have wondered what took so long. A Plymouth Switcher won’t take up a lot of room on my railroad and it looks like it will be a lot of fun to operate. Thanks Maury.

I think these will be a hit. As for the remainder of the catalog….

In all fairness, I must admit I already ordered the club FMs. At $100 each they more then meet the requirement of low price.

I also have preordered a Scale Hudson, not that I don’t already own over 20 different Scale Hudsons, but I have always appreciated the looks of these NYC beauties and want to have at least one produced by K-Line.

Nothing else even raised an interest but I still await the manufacturer that will offer a “Baby Trainmaster” that is correctly 1 inch shorter then the current models being produced by everybody.

And where Oh where is the Acela? It amazes me that we continue to be deluged with locomotives that have been offered over and over and over again when there are so many new and different trains that could be produced. I’m still waiting for that DeWitt Clinton!

“EDITORS NOTE: One of these Plymouth Gas driven switchers (a 1946 model) is still working during weekdays in Felton, CA’s Roaring Camp & Big Trees Excursion Railway, hauling passenger cars and open gondolas into a large grove of Giant Redwood Trees. I have taken this ride. It is a bit NOISY, to say the least.”

Shop Amazon and Help TCA

TCA members who shop at Amazon.com can have each of their normal purchases generate a modest payment to TCA! And it won’t cost you anything!

The Train Collectors Association is now a participant with AmazonSmile, which is a special website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com.

The difference is that when customers shop at AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.

The process is simple. Just search for and select Train Collectors Association when you sign up and shop at smile.amazon.com.

You use your regular Amazon.com username and password, but when you log in to smile.amazon.com, you’ll see that you are supporting TCA with your purchases:

Note that if you just log in to the regular amazon.com, this benefit does not operate.

There are no costs to either you or TCA, but TCA benefits!

This is a great way for TCA to earn extra cash to offset costs, so sign up today to help support TCA.

* Note: TCA is not a party to any of your Amazon transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors.

Helping TCA with your ebay purchases when you use PayPal

If you’re an ebay user and have a PayPal account you use to make payments, you can designate a donation for TCA when you’re checking out — any amount, small or large.
If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can pre-designate a percentage of your sales to be donated automatically in your name to TCA as long as the purchaser pays with their PayPal account.

In both cases, you will receive a donation receipt from the PayPal Giving Fund, and enjoy applicable tax advantages.

How to do it:

Click on the image above, or use this link. This will take you to ebay, where you will see the following page (log in to ebay if you are not already):

This offers TCA as an option. Click on the “Add to My Charities” button where indicated with the red arrow. Thereafter, when you make a purchase, at checkout you will be offered the option to make a donation to TCA in any amount of your choosing. Small amounts add up, larger ones are great! It’s always up to you!

The option will appear at the lower part of your checkout page, something like this:

If you’re a regular seller on ebay, you can allocate a portion of your sales proceeds to be donated to TCA. Look at the green arrow marked “Optional” above to see how to do it. Details on how ebay calculates the donation may be read here. This is a wonderful way to share the financial benefits of your hobby with the organization that promotes it!

An added benefit to TCA is that these donations are not subject to normal processing fees, so that makes your donation work harder!

* Note. TCA is not a party to any of your eBay transactions, and does not endorse any products or vendors. PayPal issues the receipts to you for your donation, not TCA.

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