In 2021 I received a message from a guy named Ricky saying he had acquired a massive lot of vintage Athearn blue box locomotives which he no longer had space for.

He offered me the entire collection provided I paid for the shipping which seemed like an incredible offer so I sent him the funds. Around a week later he said he was ready to ship out the trains and then his account disappeared.

At this point I assumed I had been scammed however a year and a half later I received another message explaining what happened and that the trains were on their way.

They eventually arrived and today I finally got the chance to open them up and see what the condition of each locomotive was.