Emerald Night arrived today

Do I keep the single coach or sell it?

- I don't want just one coach for it, I'd rather have none.

- I could build more coaches (with some MOC elements) if I go on some kind of epic Bricklink mission. I'd need at least three or four more to make it worthwhile. Not sure if it's worth the effort

So keep for parts, or sell? I guess there are plenty of people out there who might enjoy another coach?

Edited December 31, 201014 yr by andythenorth

You could sell just the coach, but I'm not sure it would fetch a lot of money, so I'd keep it, and make more of them.

Railbricks had a great in-keeping coach design by Tim Gouldwhich does not break the Bricklink Bank too much.

Or you could (ahem) order a second Emerald Night... use the carriage, and either sell the engine and tender (makes more $$; on average around 35-40 GBP via Ebay) - or use the bits to build a nice small 'Ivor the Engine' style loko and keep some nice dark green for later.

Finally - ive seen a good Post / Cargo car MOC of the Emerald Night car with sliding grey doors - only one normal tan window at the front. It was by a great Swiss designer Tablizm - unfortunately not shown on Flickr but I still want to give credit.

If you don't want/need it then sell it. Mine was surplus to my requirements so I put it on ebay without reserve & ended up selling it to someone living in Australia for £50 plus postage

I think that Emerald Night coaches are much wanted and that you will get quite a bit of money by selling it. However, building extra coaches is no real problem. I added two further coaches after buying all the necessary parts from bricklink and TLC. You just have to be patient till you've got all pieces.

Railbricks had a great in-keeping coach design by Tim Gouldwhich does not break the Bricklink Bank too much.

Or you could (ahem) order a second Emerald Night... use the carriage, and either sell the engine and tender (makes more $$; on average around 35-40 GBP via Ebay) .

I took the first option but it was expensive, working out at £40 per coach. I built five so it was a large investment. The second option would have been much better in retrospect but I didn't have any coaches as I'd bought my EN engine from someone who had already decided on option two.

Jonathan

I'm 90% certain I'm going to sell the coach. I have enough expensive Bricklink projects already

I have a number of coaches from older train sets, but the color of the EN coach clashed with the color of the other cars. To solve that, I could either: buy more EN coaches, or, sell the one that I had. I waited about half a year to make up my mind, then I listed it on bricklink for $58, and it sold within a month.

I will most certainly be keeping the coach for my Emerald Night.

However, I will not be running them together (much). I have an older design for a large coach I'd like to refine a bit, and them I'm going to build a few of those to run with the EN.

Keep. You probably wouldn't get very much for it, and you could buy the parts on bricklink to make a few duplicates.

I'd keep it! It still looks nice sitting on a shelf! Just my opinion.

Keep. You probably wouldn't get very much for it,

I listed mine on bricklink for $58, and it sold within a month.

Shit sell it to me.

I'll take it! I'd like to have at least three coaches for my E. Night. I have an extra unopened EN Train, but I don't know if I would get more for in BNIB versus opening it just for the coach and reselling the engine and tender after TLC discontinues it... Engine/tenders alone make $10-15 profit when sold separately. Still a gamble, but I'd honestly sell it if you don't care to give it up. :

Edited January 4, 201114 yr by Leg Godt Gud

Keep. You probably wouldn't get very much for it, and you could buy the parts on bricklink to make a few duplicates.

As I said above I sold mine for £50 ($78us on current exchange) to someone living in Australia

As I said above I sold mine for £50 ($78us on current exchange) to someone living in Australia

I say sell if you're not that interested in the coaches. For what they fetch on bricklink and eBay you can almost pay for your locomotive with what you get for the coach.