Great photos, thanks for sharing. I believe Roadside America made periodic appearances in Model Builder magazine which was put out by Lionel. It didn't hurt that Roadside America used center rail O gauge track. I suspect Model Builder was more than happy to showcase a layout of that size with that level of detail that used Lionel products the way they came from the factory.
Neat information from Harry Henning. It is quite a tribute that Roadside America shipped the trains to his dad for repair. I remember Becker's and Nicholas Smith on 11th St. near Arch in the 1960's. I'd usually go by them on Sunday so the stores were closed but the large display windows were jammed with trains, mostly Lionel, but Nicholas Smith also had Märklin HO and a few other brands. Then you could look down Arch St. and see trains on the overpass sticking out of the Reading terminal trainshed. On Sundays, there were always a pair of Reading F units coupled back-to-back sitting on the near track right above Arch St. I enjoyed reading about the baskets of repaired trains being transported in a little red wagon on Reading trains, I would love to have seen that.
