I'm probably the only working stiff out here that has a young family & really has to save to make a purchase...(yeah right)
My Thanks to Steve at Mr. Muffins trains for the great price, customer service & shipping on my new MTH 2-10-0 engine.
I was able to save $25 per week to make this purchase, and after 4 months, I had the cash to pull the trigger. I am forced to get the best price, so I called around to three of the OGR Forum Sponsors.
The 2-10-0 Pennsy is what ran the line in our community dragging ore & coal from Youngstown to the Lake.
I wanted to make the purchase this week, because we lost our mother last friday & her services were this past tuesday & wednesday. She fought for 18 months, but the cancer took her. I wanted to buy this engine, and have it lettered on the cab "Shirley Jean" in honor of my mom.
If things go as planned, Shirley Jean will be pulling a drag of ore cars at our community seasonal layout this year. Mom loved her community, and she loved the train display we build every year for our community, so it seemed only fitting.
Thanks Steve-
All of those folks out there with coffee cups that say "world's best mom" only had them because my mom was too busy actually being the "world's best mom" to enter the competition 
Shirley J Peterson 11-20-46--4-1-16
