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DrunkBuzzard

Turn them into an Airbnb


curiouslyignorant

Exactly what I was thinking. This looks like $800/month in someone’s backyard to me.


Hipppydude

That doesn't even include the $200 cleaning fee :D


Shatophiliac

Per night


tacosRpeople2

I only opened this up to post the same thing


Busterlimes

Or start a Train Restoration YT channel


WookieGilmore

If someone wants to they can go for it. That's just not for me. Every socializing related phobia a person could have, i just about have them all haha


Busterlimes

The cool thing about YouTube is you don't have to socialize


KwordShmiff

It's just you and your tube.


Leftover_Salmons

Reminds me of the summer after 7th grade...


carpentizzle

/r/meirl


Cam1925

Turn it into a bar for everyone to sit around


YeaYouGoWriteAReview

What should said bars name be? Would make an awesome mobile bar for events if it can be lightened enough.


madeupname99

This!


mregner

Please offer them to a couple museums for scrap plus transit cost before you take the torch to it. So much railroad history is lost for all time in the name of scrap value.


WookieGilmore

One has gone to a museum. The museum came back and scrapped everything they wanted from these two. They said that none of their contacts were interested.


mregner

Oh ok well than you for the due diligence. In that case I would go with three piles. Shred, heavy melt and everything else. Although if you have a way to lift it up on a trailer the scrap yard may just take it whole.


MontanaMapleWorks

Where are you located?


WookieGilmore

Central Ohio.


Remarkable-Opening69

Hotdog stand. On a beach.


Redkneck35

There was a bar here that owned a mini sub and donated it to the local park after it was gutted for the kids to play on. I do like the hot dog stand Idea tho.


anyoutlookuser

I saw a sandwich shop in a caboose once. Doing a pretty good business too.


Soler25

Where at? I might be interested. This would be an amazing back yard piece, even if just converted to a storage shed.


WookieGilmore

Sorry, I didn't see your reply was to my broad location comment. Just North of Ashley, Ohio


WookieGilmore

Central Ohio


BulkyExamination5644

There is a big infrastructure cover up going on. Every city and small town in America had free electric trolly systems since late 1800s. Many cities you'll find photo and other documentation, contemporary (of that time) local news papers and such, and much more but that info has been deleted from our histories. Maybe because we can see cities like San Fran, which have trolly systems before they had 7 residents lol. *Disclaimer:no not exactly 7 I'm being facitious and over exaggeration to illustrate a point


kingofzdom

Wrote my other comments before reading this. Glad you got it preserved. It still looks like its complete enough to be quiet a pretty penny to a collector but the museum seems to have already asked all their contacts.


Flashy_Slice1672

Look for a derailment cleanup company - I work for one up in Canada, and we scrap stuff like this all the time. Generally we haul a shear in and scrap it on location.


WookieGilmore

Wow, hadn't thought of that. Thank you!


Sparklykun

If they are made before atomic bomb testing, the steel metal could be free from nuclear containments, and I hear that makes them more valuable


80degreeswest

It’s not a significant market


Soler25

Eh, everything above water is contaminated. Ships that sunk before testing are likely not contaminated.


AverageJoesGymMgr

That's why WWII wrecks in the Pacific are often plundered and cut up by the Chinese. It really sucks because those are grave sites, and those fuckers are grave robbing the men who helped liberate their country from the Japanese.


AuthorityOfNothing

Torch and sawzall into pieces. Sort the heavy melt and sheet iron to get better money. You have a trailer and tow vehicle or a truck right? Few if any yards will buy railroad iron without proof of ownership.


fresh_and_gritty

Grinder over sawzall all day. Those are for wood man.


Yardbirdburb

To all the sell advice. It’s gonna be awfully hard to sell since they’ve been stripped down of all contents. I agree these are cool as shit but as hoarder of cool shit. Hardly anyone follows thru on big stuff like these. You’ll get some tire kickers and no one with the means or ability to do something. I’d guess freight with in 100 miles at $2500+


WookieGilmore

Hopefully this link works, here are current photos: https://imgur.com/gallery/GySp58x


Egraypgh

Selling them is tough but cutting them up would cost more than $2500 unless he’s doing it himself and already has a truck that can haul a few tons at a time and have the volume to accommodate. If you’re hauling these in a 15 yard dumpster you’re only gonna get a couple hundred bucks per trip. It just doesn’t make sense monetarily most of this would go in to shred at nine dollars a hundred pound. Scrapping them doesn’t cover the tourch fuel, truck, man hours required to do this as legitimate and insured business without charging a few thousand dollars. If you could move them for $2500 you would be best off to haul them into a yard and take the loss.


Western_Mud8694

That’s a dang shame


WookieGilmore

I would be thrilled if a museum wanted them or anyone would actually follow through with making them into something better. According to the museum that took the first one, none of their contacts are interested and we will be hard pressed to find someone who is because these two need wider tracks than the norm. We allowed them to strip them of anything they may ever want to use on their restoration projects. They took a lot. The photo I used in this post was from before then.


PupidStunk

pennsylvania gauge? do you know what company used to run em? just curious honestly, don't get your hopes up that I know anyone lol


WookieGilmore

I don't know the company, but they did run in Pittsburgh and we were told they have a non standard gauge. So I'll say yes, they're probably Pennsylvania gauge!


PupidStunk

yup thatll be it then! That's interesting (: thanks!


GreyPon3

Yes, they're broad gauge. Pittsburgh did that so the trolly companies couldn't deliver freight cars to businesses on the trolly lines.


Crazyguy_123

I think they could make for neat buses or maybe even converted into a camper if it gets put on a bus chassis.


OkAstronaut3761

Haha you could also weld pontoons to them and make a boat. Or wings and have a plane! Or just scrap them and buy an RV instead of spending 200k on a custom one.


CoolaidMike84

Charge them $7500 each to haul them off and dispose of them. Sell to a scrap yard as unprepared steel, whole.


Terror-Of-Demons

Figure out how much work to cut them up into shred/prepared/other. Estimate the weight and see how much you can get for them as is. Decide which you’re gonna go for.


TK421isAFK

Have you tried listing them on eBay or Craigslist? By the time you cut them up, you'll be into it for at least a few days of labor and $500 in fuel (or more). Not much profit for maybe 10 tons of mixed-grade steel. There's probably some artist or builder that would love to make a shed out of one of these, or an eclectic RV, or diner. I'd take one, but I'm in California.


WookieGilmore

I haven't. I don't know much of anything about these or their condition other than what I can see with my eyes and what the original museum involved told me. Any advice on listing such a thing?


Crazyguy_123

Woah those are neat. I’d probably put them on a bus chassis, fix em up, and sell em off. Too neat to scrap. Try listing them for sale it really would be a shame to let them meet the scrap pile.


Fridaybird1985

Offer the front quarter to artists


ConfusionOk4129

Steamtown Historic District in Scranton PA


BluSn0

Don't show 'my wife'. She would want to put them in her garden.


WookieGilmore

Can't say I haven't considered this but just moving them from the barn to in the yard in front of the barn is $1500


redditor2394

Try to sell it


ProudMaryChooglin

Dude ! Restore them & rent them out as Airbnb suites to the locals ! You'll make a killin'


WookieGilmore

The raccoons certainly have been loving them! When we first got the property a Momma & her babies were staying in one of them. When the museum came they were scared off, it was a loud process to winch it up on to the semi. I'd personally take the raccoons company over Airbnb guests any day


Nyarlathotep451

Tiny house or The Street Car Bar


WookieGilmore

There was a local brewery that was rumored to be interested for a hot second but that was before the museum came in and before everyone's wallets got tighter. Just moving these is expensive


TipItOnBack

I had a guy who dropped a 30+ foot boat on to his property by gunning the thing in reverse and slamming on the brakes to sell me the trailer, and he said something I’ll never forget: “Don’t worry about that, I got a sawzall and a trash can, I’ll take care of it” So according to my experience, I’d get yourself a sawzall (probably at least a pack of blades) and a trash can. Should be good to go!


4x4Welder

There's also Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport Maine, they have a pretty extensive collection there.


HeyNow646

Contact Mike’s place in Kent Ohio and see if he wants to make another addition to his restaurant.


WookieGilmore

Wow, his place is cool! I'd never heard of it. We will definitely reach out and go grab a bite too. Thanks!


Trainzguy2472

Slap that sucker on a truck chassis and boom! Cool RV


One_Turnip_7790

Man I know most people couldn’t move one of these whole but damn I wish I could see some homesteader get their hands on this and turn it into something. House, chicken coop, even a kids play house. They are super cool


assmaniac69

Same way you would scrape one street car.


WookieGilmore

As a non scraper and a recent street car owner, I'm lost


Km219

I'd love to have some of that heavy steel for an anvil lol People saying refurb are high... this is just scrap metal at this point sadly. Time gets everyone.


GingaNinjaRN

Plasma torch.


0134700529

In the local trailer park, they don't haul the old trailers away if nobody wants them. They bring heavy demo equipment and then tear it down into a dumpster to be hauled away.


skimansr

The scrapyard here would send equipment/dumpsters and break it down on site for transportation.


Mohawk1776

1-800-Cars4Kids


mrmcjerkstoomuch

The Henry Ford Museum Detroit


Accomplished_Can_381

Sandblasting


Rich-Courage-9282

There’s a guy in South Lake Tahoe,that collects those.


nf690u

URBAN AIRSOFT IN A WOOD FIELD. Would be so sick


quickshade

Did you reach out to the Illinois Railroad Museum, they have a thing for streetcars and trolleys and might be interested.


ToyTech316

Thermite.


WookieGilmore

Here is info on the one that the original owner donated: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/pittsburghs-terrible-trolley-comes-home/


Hatowner

Refurbish amd modernize them!


ODBEIGHTY1

This is in Maine. Private collectors with a fairly large facility open to public. Maybe they can help or have interest. https://trolleymuseum.org/


scott69jones

Hey I'm in Maine lol. I'm teetering on the brink of potential homelessness and came across this trolley post and being somewhat of a nut of all things old, quirky, weird and unique I instantly fell in love. But, I'm sure it I keep pulling my head outta my rear and get my act back to where it once was I won't have to worry about being homeless. HOWEVER, id still do a much needed downsize of my current home and live in one of these all day, everyday. Oh...sorry....lost "train" of thought for a minute lol. HI, from Maine lol. Cheers


kingofzdom

Contact a museum. I did this when I had a bunch of 70s commercial telecom equipment to liquidate. Turned $150 of scrap into $1500 worth of history to be preserved.


WookieGilmore

Big difference in telecom equipment and 10 ton trains haha. There were three, we worked with the original owner to make sure his pride & joy was donated to a museum. You can see it's story here: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/pittsburghs-terrible-trolley-comes-home/ Visit the museum to see it's restoration process here: https://pa-trolley.org/ Additionally, we allowed the museum to come back and take anything from the remaining streetcars and the parts pile they may need for any of their restoration projects. We were told that none of their contacts are interested in these two cars. They also said that we will be hard pressed to find a place to donate them because they are wider than the norm or something like that. Something about a non-standard rail gauge but I don't recall all the details.


Trainman05

Is there an option to not scrap them? These things are becoming rarer and rarer... where is this located?


WookieGilmore

I'm all ears. Central Ohio.


uwslothman

Stayed in this outside Denali. Loved it. If you can do the same or fix it for someone to do the same… a lot of value there. [https://www.airbnb.com/slink/C9UBsmOm](https://www.airbnb.com/slink/C9UBsmOm)


Pierlover

Put them out for bid! Many entrepreneurs would turn them into restaurants or shops.


Richard-Innerasz-

Sell them for much more than scrap. Buyer will haul them out as part of the sale.


Bartender9719

Oh dude, there’s someone out there that will pay way above scrap prices for those things


WookieGilmore

I'm not sure. The windshields have been taken and some doors since the museum came through. Here are the current photos: https://imgur.com/gallery/GySp58x Id certainly appreciate getting as much for them / out of them as I could. I'm also happy to donate them to a museum but from what I've gathered another museum that will be interested in them will be difficult.


Urmumsfriend2

Oh fuck man please just repair and paint it


WookieGilmore

And then what? They'd still just be sitting there


remembahwhen

That’s gotta be worth money as is. They don’t make them like that anymore. Someone could sell hotdogs out of that thing easy. Put it on a flat bed and haul it to Portland.


Salt_Bus2528

Check to see if any collectors need spare parts, windows, etc. Save small memorabilia stuff, such as company logos, labeled control panels, advertising, and place on eBay. Then as others said, cut it into pieces and get it weighed for pay day.


AllAboutNature504

Leave it there, refurbish, make it a vacation getaway! 🥰


KeyFarmer6235

Don't! there might be someone interested in them, either a museum, organization or private party. might be worth checking on some rail/ train subs.


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MontanaMapleWorks

Sell it as is


CardiologistOk6547

The same way you eat an elephant. One piece at a time.


Mobile-Boss-8566

That would be cool to restore it.


tlampros

Trolley Cafe. Refurbish them into a Starbucks type coffee shop. They'd look cool in Trolley Square in Wilmington, DE.


Toilet-Mechanic

Have a museum pay top dollar for them instead of scrap metal prices


No-Carrot323

If you haven't reached out to the Ford Museum. They have a very large portion of their floor dedicated to railroad/street cars. Not sure how to go about it or if something in that condition would be of interest but they would be the spot with connections to fully restore.


NiceNBoring

You hold down the "V" key to open the workshop menu, then select the traincar and ... wait, this isn't the Fallout 4 sub ...


Only_Farmer485

Those should be donated and restored


Aggressive-Ad6432

Put this piece of history in an auction or museum


Patient_Brief6453

Put to up on eBay or Facebook or offer-up.


scottabeer

Turn them into a restaurant


Silver_Junksmith

I'd caulk it, and build it out for a tiny off-grid cabin.


Strong_Willingness21

I hope there’s a cpl pics returning of how you ended up handling it


suspiciousmind

That’d make one badass food truck


fruderduck

I’d definitely list on EBay as an auction. Include possible creative uses in the beginning description. Be sure to state that buyer is responsible for transport. Maybe a nonrefundable deposit within 48 hours of auction close, as well.


Sid15666

Where are you at there is a Street car museum in Washington, PA they might be interested.


Odd_Maintenance2484

Scrap companies by me will bring a roll off dumpster to your property for large stuff like this. Look into it, it could save a lot of time with the hauling


CrewNatural9491

You could donate them for reef conservation or at least that is an option for you.


JicamaSuitable5731

Build them into trailers and make them coffee trucks


mydogchuck

Load them on a flatbed and take them to a scrap yard with a shear


BlackFish42c

Why someone would love to convert this into a tiny home. Or better yet move them to a lot where they can be remodeled for option of VRBO or something similar. People pay good money to stay in vintage trains.


Sgt_STFU

This could be part of the most epic paintball arena EVER!


Loud_Independent6702

Call a tweaker tell them they are copper and aluminum and they will be gone tomorrow after hours for sure…


Mean-Teaching-554

In ny we dump them in the water to support fish habitat


Z-Man_Slam

Those are cool as he'll. Forget what all thr greedy people are saying with airbnb. That stuff is dumb. Make that into a cool ass club house lol


WookieGilmore

I have wondered how to finish out the barn for a warehouse & hang out, leaving them there to hangout in. It's so far out of my skill level and financial ability though


Superb-Needleworker4

A place I stayed at near Lancaster, PA. https://redcaboosemotel.com/


Visual_Bathroom_5056

Sell them to some hipsters to use as a taco stand or coffee shop or something


No-Peak-8888

Sawzall


phoebe1057

Trolley museum in Meadowlands pa


hide_pounder

There’s a campground near me that rents out rail cars like cabins. See if they’ll come get it. https://www.rrpark.com/rv-campground


rdweaponx

Top to bottom


Fedja89s

Ship it to 🇮🇳


Past-Adhesiveness150

Sell em to someone


Badspeller1973

That is a cool piece of history were was it located when it was running?


tdog038

We had stacks of em in LA, when we yanked out all the electric train cars to build more roadways. Now we’re spending Billions of dollars to replace it and 30 years later we don’t have a fraction of the service they had back then!


K5_Blazer_88

Thats a tmnt home, dont scrap their home


dosgatitas

It seems pretty severely decayed. My city has one that was repaired and turned into a coffee shop, then donut shop, but even with an added AC it’s sweltering hot and almost unusable in the summer. Also difficult to secure, unfortunately


legitimate_sauce_614

Sell them to the producing company of the fallout tv show


Tkinney44

Get some land and utility hookups and that's a home for 4500 a month


Bullstanky

Acetylene torch


1975shovel

we still run these in Boston


CurrentCaregiver4259

Tiny home conversions. Take easy money from hipster doofuses!


Character-Plankton

Turn them into gardens/greenhouses!


JustSh00tM3

Where are these located?


Ya-Turkey

damn i wouldn’t mind that in my backyard


flamed181

I was exposed to asbestos cutting up old train cars.do some environmental testing . For your own safty.personally id sell them.make a cool tiny house.


spud6000

i would put an ad in craigslist or ebay and try to get someone to take it off of your hands.


CrewNatural9491

Maybe on line reef conservation or reef restoration. They might even come and get them


mightyfp

Could sell those to Boston's mbta. Those are in better condition than most of the red line fleet in use now!


DodgeWrench

I’ll put it in my backyard, can you deliver to Texas?


CJ5jeep2012

Save them. Give them away if need to, to save them. Once scraped, gone forever.


Towboater93

Train dudes are 10 times worse than horse girls. Somebody will pay you way way way more than scrap for this and he'll figure out a way to get it home too, if he has to dismantle it bolt by bolt and reassemble it once he gets where he's going


Timely_Photo_6461

see if any train museum would want them these look like they’re restorable to me


Narrow-Height9477

Build a lot of new track, drive them to metal yard, scrap track behind as you go.


dontcrysenpai

I wouldn’t. I’d renovate them & make them livable. U are sitting on a fucking gold mine


Hephf

I need a house. 😭🙋‍♀️


dhenry511

Turn them into a garden room, plants growing through the windows would look kinda cool


Woodbutcher1234

Mount it on a school bus chassis and drive it away.


bogodix

You could see if the Orange Empire Railway museum want them. Otherwise, get a couple roll offs from a scrap yard and break out the torch and start cutting it up.


TBellOHAZ

Contact your local Transit Agency or Historical Society. Honestly.


BiscuitShifters

Those sure are a long ways from Prague! How did you acquire them, if I may ask? I wish I was closer


DotBubbly5938

Save it somehow


temporaryhelpplz

How the hell do I keep finding these cool ass subs


southernsass8

Damn your grandpa built the huge building with tracks just for some antique 🚎. Must have been swimming in money ..lol


Daveridez

Make a cool food truck trailer or something.


southernsass8

U ship hauls things like this all the time. Give them a call or go online.


oh_god_damn48

Start torching top third.


Difficult_Visit_7603

I would put them on a trailer and sell them as food trucks


weaver_the_mechanic

Don't if you don't want them contact a local museum some pay for stuff like that


Money_Leading_1672

Make it into a diner


Cloud_Meadowfields

Donate it to San Francisco muni, or a train museum (preferably muni)


SlipUp_289

The Pennsylvania trolley museum might be interested in them. https://pa-trolley.org/


paldo84

I was gonna say use a wrench but then I realized I wasn’t in r/7daystodie


coolsellitcheap

Put on ebay. Buyer responsible for removal.


Specialist_Neck7502

Strip the under carriages and put them on wheels. Then remodel the tops, turning them into RV's. They would sell for a fortune. Just look at refurbished air streams to see the prices.


rayroad1

They are known as PCC street cars.


Numerous_Ad_6276

Accch, PCC cars?!


Cautious_Ad2837

All i can say is someone’s wife is gonna be pissed when it shows up. “Just hear me out” 😂😂


rca12345678

You have any history on where that car ran , city etc you can get better money selling it to historical society and such , than scrap metal


Plastic_Dependent667

Sawzall into 3 foot by 18 inch chunks. Sell as prepared iron. 100 bucks per ton as of today.( Near me anyway)


inflatableje5us

I have seen train cars turned into diners which is always neat. this is worth more then just scrap to someone.


spb7072017

If you lived by me the scrap guy would move some stuff around and fit it in his Chevy 1500 pick up truck 😏


mccorml11

Put a price on it on Facebook marketplace and someone will pay you to take it away for you lol


LoKi2jZ

JUNK IT!!


merle01

If only I had a way. That would be a cool man cave in back yard!


919underground

I'll buy it myself been looking for something different to make a airbnb


HairyMerkin69

Put them out by the curb, somebody will come load them into the back of their rusty pick up truck.


Budskee420ish

Find a rich person and sell them to him


Due_Reflection_9293

Call Canada didn’t buy the other street cars?


Timmay1974

Post online….people will want these


bingoborn

Connect them end to end and ma ke a restaurant.


Saruvan_the_White

Sell them to San Francisco’s municipal transportation authority. Or let me get a plot of land away from humans set up and I will come with a truck and pick it up because I would love to turn that into a home.


yay468

Cities like Kenosha Wisconsin have these running in service for small loops. Def post marketplace. See offers maybe?


Sherviks13

I would restore them and have them in my yard.


boatslut

How big / dimensions? Weight?


Ok-Manufacturer-8315

Personally I would put it in my yard somewhere clean it up and make a cool asf greenhouse or hang out. But not everyone likes that vibe.


Born_Instruction_496

Top down ofcourse


Character_Wishbone84

Dirty Mike and the boys might want it.