I can understand Don (and Robin) and Mike's decision, not being a spring
chicken myself and resisting (perhaps too long) retiring fully,but it will be
interesting to see where Mike Wolf takes the line. I have bought a few MTH
items in O scale, prototypes that had beenotherwise unavailable or only in
limited-run, expensive brass imports, and the quality was acceptable if not
always stellar. More recently,MTH has been taking the two-rail scale market
more seriously, so I am hopeful, even though I have probably bought most of the
S scaleI intend to acquire (including a few more goodies from the current
inventory-reduction sale which I didn't really NEED but couldn't resist).As I
think I've observed before, SHS is a major reason why I got into S scale in the
first place.
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
> I'm sure there's a lot of mixed feelings about it. I myself see it as a very
> positive step for S in general to coincide with what Lionel's been doing.
> Actually I was hoping that Lionel's big doings would spur a big time player
> like MTH to jump in. We've been waiting a long time for a large company to
> embrace S and we now have one of the biggest.
>
> On the other hand, I was thinking back to the Trainstuff days and the
> beginnings of SHS when they came out with the RS3's and FA units, and then
> grew to their present size. In no small measure do we all owe them are
> sincerest gratitude for all they've done over the years and I add my best
> wishes for a long and healthy retirement.
>
> Roy
>
