This whole thing is bittersweet, I knew it would end some day, just thankful it was retirement and, since I don't live in western Pa. now, I couldn't be there. I only knew Jim, maybe 10 years. WE got to be friends when I took an old apt. gas stove to his place to see if he wanted it. I had bought it for $100 several year before. I knew he wanted it bad and he offered me $150. I told him "No" I only wanted $100 for it. We repeated the conversation because he thought he didn't hear right. Then he told me that he never had that happen before. He sold the stove in about a week. He loved to trade and I had a lot of stuff to trade-for trains if he had them. I could get some trains cheap because they wouldn't run so I taught his brother how to do lubes & cleaning so they would run better. The place was almost like family but he was no push over. If I wanted a loco or train he would put it back for me and I could give him payments or wait for the $$. Plus I would do things for him especially take pictures for him and share things. All gone-I moved, he has retired, but times I will never forget. Does Amazon and De Bay give you that ??
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