North End Trains Center in Seattle-PI

Nice little PI write-up on a favorite haunt of mine - North End Train Center.

It's funny that the article mentions "Rivet Counters," referring to the friendless loners dedicated hobbyists who find so much happiness in insisting on the most minute of details (like rivets on model trains). Heck, I'm hard pressed to even have a working model train, let alone one that is rivetly correct. Model accuracy aside, North End Train Center is a great place to go.

My first visit was at their old store within earshot of Dick's in Lake City. Their new spot isn't too far away, due north on Lake City Way. Two favorite areas for the boys are the Thomas table and the backroom where the model railroading club is running trains from time to time.

One thing I have never been able to figure out - and this isn't North End Train's fault - is why are railroad books and magazines so darned expensive?