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 Posted - April 24 2008 : 08:34:29 AM
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This is a short video of my visit to Old Fort Model Trains in Old Fort NC on sat April 19th 2008. He had Tyco Items--in video. Lot of new items. If you see someting in the video you want--email him or call--the info is at the end of video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6YylDMCtMs
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Posted - April 24 2008 : 2:46:43 PM
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| hi brian many thanks for that,very enjoyable,if that shop was here in uk he would sell out in a day,we have nothing like it here,even the so called american/english stockists only carry a small amount of stock,but no spares,couplings etc ,which is how modelspares over here started,catering for the spares market but only hornby,ken
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Posted - April 24 2008 : 5:27:29 PM
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Nice video. How many hours were you able to look around? They have a good variety.
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Posted - April 24 2008 : 5:32:03 PM
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WAT!?...dude...he has a C430, GP20 and F7 in CN!? I can't find a good example of the C430 or F7, and I live in Canada[B)]. You guys have some good hobby shops down there. Thanx for posting that.[:p]
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Posted - April 24 2008 : 6:51:29 PM
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Ken--Glad you enjoyed the video. The owner is very freindly and he holds workshops several knights a week on how to projects which he says draws a good size crowd. The town he is in has a year round population of about 2500. He is getting a lot of tourists now that go to Andrews Geyser which is minutes up the road. On the weekends--the store is very crowded--i got there early before the crowds came.
Dacheez -- I believe all of those CN loco's are mint -- He will ship to you. I thought of you and Romcat when i seen those[:D]
Alcofan--spent over an hour in there as i had to be at a family reunion by noon the day i stopped. It takes 90 minutes from my house to go there and with gas at this time being the highest ever across the country--won't be going every weekend[V]. Small towns sometimes have the best shops. This one being a rarity as it is in the mountains and he has a large reg customer base. There are none close to me like this. He had a lot of items i wanted--short on cash. He does layaway trades and consignments also. I will be going back in may and will take some new video and post[:D]
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Posted - April 24 2008 : 7:03:11 PM
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Hey Brian. I would call him and buy the alco, but with shipping it would prolly be cheaper just to wait for one at a show.
quote:| Small towns sometimes have the best shops. This one being a rarity as it is in the mountains and he has a large reg customer base. There are none close to me like this. |
Its the same for me. When I watched that vid it reminded me of a hobby shop (all trains) that I like to go to. It's about an hour away from me. Geez...I live in the capital and there's not a single hobby shop like this.[B)]
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Posted - April 25 2008 : 04:32:02 AM
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that's one good supplied hobby shop! [^] 
Nice little movie, too.
I am almost speechless... that's a lot of rolling stock for such a little store...
granted, my wallet would be screaming... but it's suffering from a drought.
Money to move s' the border...
does this guy have a website?
Wait... I should just email him, right?
oh, my wallet creaks of voidumb...
John
I don't have a one track mind. It depends on the turn-out.
"I love your catenary!"
Is that a power-trip or just another pick-up line?
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Posted - April 26 2008 : 11:12:53 AM
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My wallet was screaming also Zeb. He is working on web site.
UPDATE 4-26-08 -- The fire is still burning up in that area due to our dry conditions. We are suppose to get rain today which will help put it out.
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