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Hi, I am looking for help repairing a windup Hafner train, circa 1942.  I see your name is James.  You may be the James Pekarek I've already made contact with on Facebook (?) But if not, this Hafner train was a Christmas gift to my mother when she was 3.  She always said how hard it was to get metal toys at that time, and the only reason she did was because my grandfather was an employee at the store where it was sold and he snagged it for her.  Anyway, it ran well for years, on in to the 21st century.  I played with it as a child at Christmas under the tree, and then my children did as well.  But in the last few years, although the engine runs OK by itself, it can barely pull one car, let alone the whole train.  I'd like to keep it working and pass it on to my youngest son, who loves it.  I'd love for someone who knows what they're doing to look at it and see what can be done.  From my research, it seems like maybe the windup mechanism just needs cleaned.  I live in Ohio, so if you know someone is this part of the country, you could recommend them, or maybe you would be willing to look at it.  Of course, I would compensate you for your time.  And one more thing--I think my son may have ever so slightly bent one or two pieces of the track when playing with it--the track doesn't lay quite flat now, but it's very slight.  So if that's something you could do to, that would be great, but my main interest is to get the engine to where it can pull all the cars again.  The train is a meaningful part of our family history.  Thanks, Linda

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