Yesterday, I received a strange email from, I believe, from "yorktrains", offering pages of sale items. I never heard of them and deleted it by mistake. Did anyone else receive it?
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Go to your email page and find the tab or words "deleted files" Click on that and your deleted emails will appear. Look for the sender's name or the date that you received it.
Or, just open your email client and find the "search" window. Type in "yorktrains" and see if the deleted email appears.
A quick web search turns up an outfit from Indiana. I don't know anything about them. Their website leaves a lot to be desired which always makes me cautious.
Ron
@Ron045 posted:A quick web search turns up an outfit from Indiana. I don't know anything about them. Their website leaves a lot to be desired which always makes me cautious.
Ron
"Skinny john" York trains. Basically a train hoarder set up in a store front.
He had one store for years on calumet Avenue . Trains randomly piled up everywhere and no lights on while he sat behind stacks of stuff on a counter staring at a computer. I don't know if he ever really sold anything and the store was probably condemned.
His second place was located in a nicer location on "mainstreet" type of setting.
Only a handful of things at this spot and I believe he closed down a short time after opening. No surprise as his operation was probably an eyesore.
Having said all that. It's probably some bogus spam email using the name
Oh man, I remember "Skinny John". Growing up in the Region, I only went to YORK once as a kid. It was quite a site. Rick nailed the hoarder part of it. Hands down the most unorganized train shop I ever saw. That being said, I have no idea what happened to John or his inventory. If it was still stashed somewhere it might be interesting.
We were lucky in Northwest Indiana in the 1990's. There were some nice hobby shops around. Today they are all in the history books.
@Notch 6 posted:...snip... Hands down the most unorganized train shop I ever saw. ...snip...
Then you never were in Leonard's in Baltimore; in either of his locations! 
We have one of those shops in the region too. I won't give the name because I think he's on the forum and I know he also does Allentown.
But he has one of those shops where you can go up and down the same aisle twice and see something different each time.
The back of the store is a complete disaster, just piles of stuff everywhere. But it's also like hunting for treasure. Move a little of this or a little of that and you might find something you've been searching your whole life for.
Have Fun!
Ron
I would turn off at Calumet Ave. on way to Wheaton. Last time l was there, before stopped making trip, building was closed..accurate descriptions above! Think all was sticker priced, but didn't he set up in the second building at Wheaton? Never saw anything interesting in his? Wheaton display. Think l walked through the tons of stuff on Calumet several trips, and l never got a grunt of acknowledgment. I wondered if he had an inheritance and just bought seven days a week? I don't remember stopping other than Saturday.
