Darrel Brehm Model Train Collection offered by The Smoke Stack Hobby Shop
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2023
- Darrel Brehm's lifelong collection of model trains is being offered for sale by The Smoke Stack Hobby Shop in Lancaster Ohio. This video pays tribute to Mr Brehm's passion for collecting and showcases the items for sale.
Art takes many forms...
Yeah great history on trains
Glad you enjoyed it
Your Dad remained a child his whole life. Sounds like a grand man!
I love your shop, i don't get to shop there much as your located a hour and half away from me. But the best train shop I've been to.
When I'm in Lancaster, I usually stop into the mall location just to see all of the HO items. So many cool models. The main store is right down the road where I get my O scale items and scenery materials. These are very good folks at this store, and this collection is impressive to see in person.
What an Impressive Collection & in Small Town America i live just Down the Road from Pratt Hutch is where i call home i would of liked to have seen this collection as I'm close to the Hobby, I had a Great Friend that was into HO model Trains & into Railfanning his Dad was Fireman on the Santa Fe I'd he mostlikely knew Mr. Brehms by Attending many a Train Shows & if Mr. Brehms was a Railfan..
My Friend was Gary Banz he lived in Hutchinson, he had a impressive Basement Layout with scenery & several Santa Fe picture Posters in Metal Frames including Santa Fe 3751 which was Given to me to carry on Gary's passion of the Railroad there's always tears of Joy when you can continue there legacy..
And it sounds like this is being Done with this collection.. Awesome.. Allen D RDA N Scale
I have many great memories of Darrel. If there was a train show nearby he would be their. Darrel would also host a get together once a year that would always be well attended, he was truly fun to be around.
I bet that was a Great Gathering I'd like to seen Mr. Brehms at a Train Show & my Good Friend Gary he probably did see Darrell at many of them they probably had some good stories they shared of Railroading & the Hobby..
Uncle Gary was a Awesome Railfan.. too me
If I’m ever in Ohio. I’ll be checking this place out! ✌️
Model train overload
God if only I live closer to that place...
bought a few trains from you guys love your stores
Awesome, thank you!
Cool video and channel just subscribed
It was more of an accumulation than a collection and is so often the case the surviving family members have know idea how much was spent on it and what is the value. They will be lucky to get pennies on the dollar. I know from experience exactly how that works. One bright spot is the hobby shop is getting inventory without a large expenditure.
Actually we'd say it was a collection, Mr Brehm did not buy 'just anything' he generally stuck to themes and roadnames that were meaningful to his area of interest. He also did not just buy things, he spent his entire life from the age of 9/10 immersed in railroading and model railroading. Building layouts, re-building layouts, tediously crafting buildings. His items were well cared and kept in good order. As for value--yes pre-owned generally does not have the same value as new -- with some exceptions in the collectable category.
@@smokestackhobbyshop7974 If you’re more comfortable calling it a collection so be it. It is what it is. Fortunately for his heirs you have the resources to sort, catalog, store, and eventually sell the thousands of items. Certainly a better option than just selling everything to someone who just gives them a price for everything. Best of luck to you all.
I was in a MRR Club with him and seen the layout several times
What about the Live Steam equipment?
THE CLI-SHAYS WENT BACK TO CINCINNATI WHERE MR BREHM ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THEM BUILT BY BOB MAYNARD WE LEARNED
Train collectors, yes, but first and foremost, there are model railroaders, who run trains, not just put them on shelves.
Mr Brehm definitely ran trains, and there are scores of his friends who have told us they enjoyed doing so with him. His primary interest (as we observed) was design, building, landscaping and the immense history of railroading especially in the western US.
What scale(s)?
HO
The majority is HO with a few On30
the kids could not wait to dump dads life's work.
Ah, that's not the case. Mr Brehm's collection was so large and wonderful, they decided to honor their father's lifework by putting it back into the hands of others who would give it a 2nd life. And oh my, that has been the case!! So many people have enjoyed finding long forgotten items, have marveled over Mr Brehm's work and his life's collection is going back out into the world--and we do mean the world! Oftentimes we (sadly) receive collections of items long stored in a basement and forgotten--this is the best tribute to their dad. Just thought you'd like to know another perspective.
Yes. I am in a similar situation. I have many hundreds of pieces of rolling stock, & around 300-400 engines, that no one in my family is interested in. Saddens me to think what will become of my collection. It will be all sold off, eventually, under similar conditions. Model railroads is not everyones "cuppa tea", especially, these days. You cant blame the kids for selling off his collection. Regards...Michael NZ@@smokestackhobbyshop7974
I noticed the car laying on theirs sides are on non skid pads...I stored some car like that and the pads eat the paint on some cars...anyone else had the happen?
Good observation! We did that for a short time, then had a customer point that out. We've since changed out to paper towels along the bottom.