As an update, a buyer has not been found and the shop's stated last day will be January 18. Unfortunately, I never spent much time in this shop, as I live at the other end of the county and during the time I was buying the most equipment there were several other closer shops, all since closed. I did just recently re-paint and re-letter a K-line switcher I bought there years ago as an Air Force engine, as a gift to my son who is an Airman, along with several AF freight cars. He just ran that set under his first Christmas tree in his new house. In a quote in a local newspaper, Mr. Gustafson states that the sale/closing is due to age and health, with his grown sons having careers of their own. I wish him good luck and will try to stop in before he closes.
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