Reply to "It's December. Let's talk about our holiday train store experiences, especially as we started in the hobby...."

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Growing up I remember my parents dragging me to Sears in New Brunswick to get my photo taken with Santa. I also recall the big toy department with a huge Lionel display layout running. Then there was Woolco and Two guys, which was always stocked with Lionel, AHM, and Bachmann Plasticville.

My go-to was Meyers on Route 18 in East Brunswick which was stocked with Lionel and K-line. My first train set came from Meyers - a Tyco 'Spirit of 76' HO set. I literally ran the wheels off that set. Meyers exchanged the locomotive and my dad picked up a new Bachmann F3 Santa Fe loco, as the Lionel HO locos he had wouldn't run anymore to pull the Lionel HO passenger cars he had.

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