Welcome Beth for sure.
Alan, I have to say I am very much enjoying browsing the new advertisers. I have made some purchases from them. Mostly at York but I viewed their products here.
It is turning out to be very handy for me. I read a post and get interested in a new topic or item. In the past I would then look to my favorite vendors sites for the pertaining products. Now I find I simply scroll to the top of the forum and look at the OGR sponsors sites to make purchases. I'm loving it.
I sincerely hope the new sponsors are in for the long haul. This is a strange hobby in thes enses that may take quite awhile to get to a project. I tend to finish up the ones at hand while planning the next projects a bit in my head. If I have to make room on the layout for something it takes even longer. My point is something I am viewing on the he sponsors sites may take months until I actually make the purchase.
I would really like GryzboskI Trains in Moosic PA to be a sponsor. They are my LHS and they are definetly a major player in Lionel sales. Lately they have added quite a bit of MTH also.
Again a huge welcome and also huge thanks to Alan for seeking out the larger variety of sponsors. I would be perfectly happy to do all my research and buying searches from the one site with links...OGR