German and Ed H, I'm so glad you posted the above info about this store's closing. If ever there were a chance to get really good prices on trains and their related paraphernalia, it would be now from this very convenient and pleasant store. Ken Webster is the proprietor. Walker's was the name for 150 years, so when the Websters acquired it, they kept the name , as it had long-ago become a local icon for good service and hard-t-find (elsewhere) items.
I've been going there to see Ken these past several weeks, once I heard from him the closing was for certain, and to get caught-up and re-supplied, far forward, on myriad hardware supplies, as well as to have keys made and some screens re-screened.
I would bet some gentle "suggestions" during in-person train-stuff purchases would turnout to be satisfying for the customer and Ken these next several days. But I would get there very soon .
FrankM
(My entire entrance into our hobby started there when my wife noticed a neon "Lionel" sign in this store's window while we were waiting at a traffic light. WE went in and bought my first contemporary trains ( 6 scale locomotives and the consists to go with them), tons of track and switches, and Ken instructed me on how to construct the platform and how to order the lumber for it.)
