Most of my childhood trains were purchased at Savoy Merchandise on W. 23rd st, not far from the Gilbert Hall of Science. Savoy was both a wholesaler and retailer. the boss was named Irving, and he sold Fl;yer at 40% off list price. They had an incredible repair department, with all the parts in wooden pigeonholes. Often wonder what happened tohim and them.
By the time I was old enough to shop for myself, most Flyer had disappeared from store shelves, but you could still find a few things if you looked hard enough. I got stuff at Polk's, Model RR Equipment Corp (on 45th st, where the Red Caboose is now) and a little toy store on 59th st that had nothing left but a stack of cow on track accessories. There was a little store on E 23rd st across the street from Madison Hardware, run by a man named Jerry. He went up to New Haven and got stuff from the factory. But he was not nice to kids and wouldn't sell me much. The new Flyer stuff had gone from Savoy, leaving only a few things that had been on the wall for years. One day, Irving said "Oh what the hell" and agreed to sell them to me. i got a 15B, a 947, and a MP vista dome. This was the last Flyer sold by Savoy as far as I know. The parts were long gone by then. In those days almost every kid had a train set, and a lot of them ended up at Goodwill. These places used to have tables full of used toy trains, milk crates full of track, and big barrels full of transformers, from which they salvaged the copper. I went to all the Goodwill stores in southeeastern Connecticut and got lots of stuff, mostly junk. 20+ years later, I restored every bit of it. Tom Jarcho S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
