The many disappointments with North Lima have been well documented here on the forum. Look at August 21- 28 comments on this forum and you will have a better understanding. Look at what RideTheRails and harmonyards say as just two examples of forum members who will no longer deal with North Lima.
I placed an order in August and immediately received an order number. So far so good. But that was it! Weeks later I inquired through their web site several times and received no reply. Someone on this forum gave me the owner's personal email, which I used and still no reply.
Finally, as a last resort, I got Paypal involved and they still got no reply from North Lima, but they were able to get me a refund.
If this were an ordinary parts dealer, I could understand, but because of the Lionel connection, I hold North Lima to a higher standard.
I've written the whole thing off as a bad experience and so I don't want to dig up dates and items. You should also know that I did NOT give North Lima any negative feedback. There were probably others who did the same just to make the whole thing go away.