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My youngest son, 33, was down to visit this past weekend and asked to go to a local hobby shop to see what they had in model railroading stuff. This was HobbyTownUSA which of course carries a lot more than just model railroading items.
We walked to the back of the store where the model railroading items are and they have a rather nice N scale layout which is about 2' by 3', multi level with a number of tunnels and such. There was a GP??? plulling a string of freight cars around on the lower level as we watched.
It entered a tunnel and about a minute later a loco that looked just like that one came barreling out of another tunnel near the back and higher up.
About that time a clerk came by and got all agitated exclaiming "It did it again!"[:-bigmouth]
Yes the loco had dropped the cars in the tunnel and ran merrily on it's way. He tries to get at the throttle which is behind a plexiglas panel by sticking a pencil through an access hole which didn't work. So he used the ole, grab it of the tracks method! :erm:
He the proceeded to try and rectify the situation with the help of another equally adept clerk. A short time later as we walked past I noticed they must have reached their limit of knowledge on the problem as the layout was now shut down.[:-clown]
We walked to the back of the store where the model railroading items are and they have a rather nice N scale layout which is about 2' by 3', multi level with a number of tunnels and such. There was a GP??? plulling a string of freight cars around on the lower level as we watched.
It entered a tunnel and about a minute later a loco that looked just like that one came barreling out of another tunnel near the back and higher up.
About that time a clerk came by and got all agitated exclaiming "It did it again!"[:-bigmouth]Yes the loco had dropped the cars in the tunnel and ran merrily on it's way. He tries to get at the throttle which is behind a plexiglas panel by sticking a pencil through an access hole which didn't work. So he used the ole, grab it of the tracks method! :erm:
He the proceeded to try and rectify the situation with the help of another equally adept clerk. A short time later as we walked past I noticed they must have reached their limit of knowledge on the problem as the layout was now shut down.[:-clown]
. Our HOBBYTOWN [:-blindfold] hasn't ordered any railroad 'stuff' for ages [
!] . The management and employees seem to have all kinds of time, and parts for model racing cars :erm: . At least I have several other stores in the area that are devoted to trains only 
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