@MartyE posted:Less work during the 50% off parts? Years ago they sold off all the VL Big Boy parts. Seen a few at York in stripped down conditions but thinking to myself, "I bet there are some parts on there that someone is looking for on the Lionel site". I know you can't keep everything but this does seem odd that poof they're gone.
Yes, I agree. Generally, I presume that people act rationally and for companies in this business/hobby, my experience is that most of them are also hobbyists and wouldn't go out of their way to screw the customer, quite the opposite typically in fact - most are good, reasonable people. But I struggle to come up with what the potential rationale for this could be.