I took that to mean 40% of the process is complete, rather than 40$ of the run is sold.
I also took it to be 333 sets of 3 wagons to be the intended production run.
Well, I've just ordered a set of three for delivery to darkest Laois - tip me off when they might be about to appear, as I don't want the mother putting them in a bucket of sand and calling the guards....
Ta.
Over here, we have lots of real ghost trains - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vhhcf - unfortunately, the recording is not currently available, but the gist of it is there in the summary.
To be honest, I don't really care, but it does seem to matter a lot to some people - it was a cause of great debate on my other forum and a few options seemed to satisfy people.