For a while, I've listed a Lionel item on the want to buy forum and haven't been able to acquire it but I'm certain somewhere in this country a Lionel dealer has it.
Wouldn't it be great if Lionel, like MTH, had a search feature which would list dealers who have that particular item in stock.
I realize MTH's dealer product locator listing a dealer's in stock MTH inventory is voluntarily done by dealers and not all of them list their MTH inventory but at least MTH having some dealers who list their inventory is better than Lionel having their dealers list nothing!