We have been over this territory many times in the past. In the meantime in my neck of the woods, Fred¹s Train Shop in Overland Park, has opened and does carry a selection of S. It is by far his slowest mover, but he persists because he likes the scale. I cannot buy enough by myself to sustain his inventory, however.
Part of what contributes to the situation of little S to be found at your LHS is the fact that so many of us have been buying online and mail order for so long, and have gotten to know these sources for reliability and price, that we don¹t even bother to check LHS. Fred has quite a few SHS freight cars in stock, plus a very nice SHS MOPAC set, lots of old Gilbert and that stunning new Flyonel ACe KCS unit. The one in stock is high rail, but of course it can be ordered as a scale version. I was totally blown away by the finish and detailing. I did not see it run, but according to Fred it works very well indeed on TMCC/Legacy. Cheers, Roy Inman From: Ed Loizeaux <[email protected]> Reply-To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:58:03 +0000 To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Post on S > > Bill Walthers was vehemently opposed to S scale and did everything he could to discourage/hinder it. > > Brian Jackson > Why was Walthers opposed????? Stan Houghton Don't know about Bill Walthers, but some hobby shop owners like to sell only what is already on their shelf -- namely HO and N. They do not want to stock O, S, etc. because of the added financial investment needed to establish a decent in-stock inventory of other scales. There are exceptions to this logic, of course, but it is fairly common. Have you ever tried to have a local non-S-stocking hobby shop special order one (just one) American Models box car? Ed Loizeaux
