On our trips to Jersey, we like to make a detour off the PA turnpike to Nicholas Smith Trains (Forum Sponsor). A couple of weeks ago we paid them a visit and met Dave. We always marvel at the amount of stuff packed into that store. Dave, replied, "This is nothing, want to see the back room?" WOW... Train Heaven! Dave gave us the tour of the place and mentioned that the store would have two booths at York.
We walked out of there with a few nice deals on track and roadbed, but my son was really eying an MTH Reading GP-30 PS3 diesel. He had seen this engine in the catalog and immediately started saving his money. This winter, snow was my sons best friend as he took every opportunity to shovel driveways to save money for this engine. Dave saw how much my son liked the engine and said, "Maybe I'll bring it to York and you can check it out there."
Today at York, my son made a Bee Line (Pun intended for you Reading fans) for the Nicholas Smith booth at the rear of the Toyota hall. There was Dave and he recognized my son. "Ah yes... the boy who likes New York Central". After an awkward pause from my son, Dave smiled and winked and said, "I brought the Reading engine, want to see it?" Dave quoted a very generous price to my son who just happened to have exactly that same amount in his wallet.
As Dave counted the money he noted that my sons wallet was now empty. He handed $10 back to my son and said, "Better buy your Dad some lunch today".
Customers for Life... That's what they just earned today at Nicholas Smith.
Thank You Dave!
Ron
In case anyone is curious, that is an MTH Reading GP-35 behind the GP-30. My son has already created a Lash... uhm I mean an MU with the two.
BTW, if anyone wants to see an actual photo of Dave (Parker, I believe) in his Nicholas Smith booth @ York, you can see it among the York photos MTH posted on its Facebook page yesterday (Friday).
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