Small Business Saturday At Our Local Hobby Shop....

So Dennis....  what did she get you?

Hi Bob,

A Brunswick, Lionel #2340 GG-1, in excellent condition.  She's a beauty!  One of my close friends (and his Dad!) had one when I was growing up, and I have always loved that engine.

Santa did bring me the green 5 stripe one Christmas, so between the two of us we had both versions to run.  Now, I have both versions, although the stripes on mine have some wear do to handling.

So, nice memories!  

Luckily my local hobby shop is Nassau Hobby. Got a ZW-L for a crazy good price on Small Business Saturday!

Dennis, I hope you wife truly appreciates your helpfulness. 

Brad

I went up to the Train Crossing(Costa Mesa, CA) and Milepost 38(Westminster, CA). I didn’t get anything from Milepost 38, but I picked up some cars at the Train Crossing. The Black tank is a K-Line by Lionel US Army Tank. The Vat car and Red Tank are Lionel. 

Ron,

Sounds great about the ZW-L.  That's a great transformer.

Brad,

She has always been an unsuspecting Raymond Loewy fan - Waring Blender, Coke Bottle...etc.    I think that she is glad to have one present finalized for the holidays.

Tim,

Those really look sharp!  My original Lionel Set had a pickle vat car.  I don't recall ever seeing that handsome vat car.  I stopped at the local hobby store today to get an engine repaired, and the 20% off sale was still ongoing.  I think a lot of baby boomers have been selling off all or part of their collections, since their display cases are overflowing with Postwar items, and the adjoining shelves are jammed as well.  I think that they had 4 Lionelville #60 Trolleys for sale, and, 5 of the black Lionel  crane cars, to mention just a few of the items.

Hopefully, the sale has been good for their bottom line.  I suspect that the margins are higher for items purchased from customers for resale, so it was great to hear that many items moved off of the shelves on Saturday.