Age, storage, all that.
Half 0, mostly vintage, Roundhouse, Varney (including a dozen or so metal Varney high cars), Ulrich, some early cardstock Varney freight, restored Varney Old Lady 2-8-0's (3), Mantua Version 2 Mikados (3), Penn Line mini disesemal, Mantua 0-4-0's and 0-6-0, Athearn 0-4-2T, 0-6-0, Varney F units (some done, some glass beaded) mix of belt drive pulley and geared, English 0-4-0 (2), Mantua 4-8-0, one Brass NJ heavyweight obs, box of Lionel FA's, tested most of them, running, including one A-B set of SF blue and yellow, Athearn dual-geared Geep plus spare set of power trucks, Varney Docksiders (2), Varney SW, Athearn SW, Athearn Erie PA and PB, Rivarossi Heisler, Athearn Hustler, new IHC steamer in box, Silver Streak, vintage (working) power packs, plastic boxes of categorized parts, motors, gears, couplers, DeVore and MDC couplers, string of cars with Mantua couplers, bag of even more Mantua couplers, painted but unfinished Mantua Pacific kit, 1949 and earlier Varney sprung Super Mikado.
I have some lists.
Near Seattle, we can get together, no way I'm gonna box all this up.
Dave