The "have a warehouse" part is definitely correct!! LOL!! But a lot of this stuff was bought in bulk. As I went through boxes and boxes of stuff, I found bulk items. Example, one box I found was full of Lionel flatcar logs, at first I thought I only found one package, then as I went through it was a whole case! At the bottom of some of the boxes with track, there was modeling plaster and all the modeling stuff for a layout, so this wasn't only trains, he just bought everything. I have to admit it was very interesting going through box after box of stuff and see what I could find. The estate people went through all this stuff supposedly but since many of them were just volunteers many of them got a life long class on the introduction of model trains in a week! This was the treasure hunt for me. You just never knew what you'd find.That's what made it so interesting, to see what someone else collected and try to figure out how he thought and why. Some of the items I was amazed at. For me it was pretty cool! The best part was I was able to touch everything, unlike at shows where you really don't want too, and I get that, but this for me was really cool. I didn't realize it, but I spent almost 5 hours there going through box after box after box and I met a lot of friendly and interesting people, whom I'd like to stay in touch with. He also collected a lot of Christmas stuff, another one of my wife and myself favorite hobbies! Trains and Christmas, it doesn't get any better than that! But the room for this stuff in my house is dwindling, Hmmmm I wonder how much rent is for a warehouse these days. . .
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