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Speaking of The Little Train Shoppe, I had heard the owner started it up because he wanted discounts on Walthers items, but over time lost interest in the store. It originally opened in the late 90′s in a basement unit in the back of the building off Mill Street, but moved to one of the front retail units later on. Dominion Skate was in the opposite retail space, and owned the building since 1981. The upper levels of the main office building were unused and still had an old factory-like appearance with wooden floors and ceilings, but cubicle walls were added to some of the floor space by some previous tenant. There wasn’t all that much interesting up there, but there was a giant full-sized walk-in safe embedded in one of the brick walls.
As for the store’s selection, their HO inventory was so-so as were the prices, but they had a LOT of Thomas stuff, and other hobby stores (that didn’t carry Thomas) would often direct customers there.
There were also a few of the local guys that hung out there on Friday nights, and would often make their way to the station after to watch trains at night.
I was also told the owner of the Quixl Auto car dealership across the street owned a good chunk of the houses along Railroad Street, which he rented out, with future plans of selling them all for redevelopment. Looks like he might be finally cashing out, as there’s a submission for redevelopment of that whole block with two high-rise towers.