You’d think though that CBS would have been smart enough to auction things like this off.
I’m guessing there are a few wealthy model railroading enthusiasts who would have had a really nice bidding war to be able to add that bridge to their layouts.
Why? Auctioning is a LOT of work, and you have to store everything until the auction. Too expensive. Get rid of it. In a bottom line oriented business nostalgia is a cost not a revenue.