It's great to hear positive news about NS. Despite many purchases from them at York and online, I've only been there once, about 5 years ago (wish it wasn't 700 miles away) and it was an amazing place. There was a recent thread regarding some negative experiences there due to dealing with the new folks. I hope that they've turned things around and will be viable for many years to come.
Unfortunately, the track record of great train stores doing well after the original owner is no longer actively involved isn't good - I remember Les Gordon's shop and Watt's Trains in central Indiana, along with Davis Electronics near Cincinnati. Davis, in particular, went downhill incredibly fast.
