My perfect store.

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Being that I’ve managed a few hardware stores for the past 11 years and love model railroading for 30 years, I think I just found my perfect store.

http://www.truevaluetrains.com/

Although I’ve never been there, the pictures of just the outside and the discription of their services… that includes a model railroad hobby shop, in 2 boxcars and a caboose… how could I go wrong. Good bye New Jersey… Hello North Lima, Ohio. Wait, where the heck is that! Ah who cares, Where’s my time card![;)]

Anybody know where this place is? And if you;ve been there, how is it? Just curious.

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A quick and dirty Google search even turns up a map showing where North Lima, Ohio, is:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-30,GGLD:en&q=north+lima%2C+ohio

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Didn’t they manufacture steam locomotives in Lima, Ohio? If nothing else, that’s a good heritage to build on.

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A few people have posted that their True Values carry trains. (must be nice!) The place I order from in NY is a hardware store that sells hobby stuff.

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My Dad order all the track for his layout from a place in NY also. It’s called

Nagengast Hardware and Hobby
Est. 1947
68-02 Fresh Pond Rd.
Ridgewood N.Y. 11385
info@NHShobbies.com
718.821.1319
His I.D. on eBay is Hobbies001, you can see alot of stuff from him there or buy direct.
He has the cheapest track I could find anywhere. $8.75 for #4’s and 6’s Atlas code 83 and $2.40 for 36" Code83 flex, That’s pretty good. Hans is the owner, a real nice guy. The price could of change since I bought this stuff back in December.

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That’s the place![tup]Great guy to deal with. Super prices and service.

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[:)]I just bought tortoise switch machines fron NHS at $144.95 for 12. this was the cheapest I could find anywhere.

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North Lima Ohio and Lima Ohio are two entirely different cities. North Lima is closer to Akron-Cleveland area, and Lima Ohio is located about 70 miles east- southeast of Fort Wayne Indiana off off US 30 via Ohio rte 115, and Ohio rte 165, and Interstate 75.

Yes they did build Steam engines at the Lima Ohio engine works.

US Plastics is also located in Lima Ohio also, they make a lot of styrene.

Ed

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If they did I think an appropriate name would have been - are you ready for this? - the Lima Locomotive Works.

Nah! It just doesn’t quite sound like a locomotive company!!! Can’t you just imagine a company called The Lima Locomotive Works; can’t you imagine a company with that name producing Super Power Steam locomotives??

Nah!!!