A mix. There is a local shop that carries O, and it does specialize in carrying anything Alaska. I purchased my MTH passenger cars from them, but they did not have an SD-70 or GP 40 in stock, so I mail ordered those. Also, they did not have the DCS control system, so that was mail ordered. Coal cars from Menards was too good a deal to pass up, so mail order on that. I was able to get almost all of my track from the local shop, but I did mail order some switches. I try to do what I can with the local shop. Shipping costs fro O scale equipment can get expensive fast, but the occasional free shipping specials can even that out. Even my photo developing was mail order since I wanted 24x36 prints (I can get 20x30 local no problem at Costco).
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