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Almost any Hardware store here in Michigan that sold trains or carried train parts back in the heyday of Lionel and Marx.  Most recently lost P&D Hobby here in Fraser Michigan.  Pat had everything you ever need for scratch building and even the hard to find little parts for trains.  I really miss Pat.  Had lunch with him a few times.  About the only one left is Brasseurs' up in Saginaw Michigan a little ride from the Detroit area but Bob is now one of the last old time shops around with thousands of parts and a highly experienced train repair crew,  and just a great place to visit and B.S. with the crew for a few minutes.  Lucky for me it's on the way to Northern Michigan and my cabin and it's not like it's out of the way.  Almost forgot Wild Bills Trains in Clinton Twp.  Bill and I go back to way before he opened his train shop.  In fact when I was building my layout he used to come over and pick my brain for ideas for a layout.  Bill and I go back to the late 60's up to the day he passed on.  We were like family and great friends.  Now even his wife has just recently passed on.

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