Just a followup to this thread regarding Caboose Stop Hobbies in downtown Cedar Falls, IA. If you're passing thru the Midwest this summer, this place is worth the trip. Old school train store, nice people, seating for 4 in the center of the store to discuss trains, or solve world problems, lol. The charm, for me, is the time spent poking around in search of hidden treasures. They seem to practice the LIFO inventory system, (last-in, first-out) so new stuff obscures the older inventory, how about a new MTH Milw TM w/ Proto 1 - it's there ! A mom & pop team have run the store for 50 yrs. When I asked about retirement plans, the wife said "I'm gonna keep going until they find me curled up in a corner". Rich, back in SD