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For me, my great friend, one of my mentors, and very well missed is Paul Arnone .....a dedicated NYC fan although his passion was 2 rail, he had an extensive collection of some of the finest prewar and postwar trains I’ve ever seen.....when my dad had his hobby shops and Lionel dealerships, we serviced all of Paul’s equipment......whenever Paul came to visit, he would bring coffee and donuts....it wasn’t just drop off trains and run, he loved hanging out in the service dept. and watching us work on his pieces...we’d spend hours pouring over pictures of NYC equipment, and applying those findings to his own stuff......when my son turned 5, Paul gave him a piece out of his collection, which my now adult son still cherishes....upon his passing, Paul left me a Lionel scale Commodore Vanderbilt. With a note he had written before he’d passed on....one of the greatest guys I ever knew.....sorely missed, but always here with me.....all I have to do is fire up that CV........Pat 

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