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Well I'm glad to hear that CSX hasn't tried to completely obliterate the C&O. Although its kind of hard to imagine now, someday we may grow nostalgic over CSX. That is, if there is any truth to some rumors that it may be UP through here in the future. Mr. Reeves, the old man at Hobbyland, passed away about two years ago. I understand that at one time his mother worked at the store. She may have started the business. That was well before my time. I don't go around Hobbyland much anymore because it is sad. But, nature abhors a vaccuum. WV. Hobby & Crafts is one of the finest hobby stores around. Really, for our population, we shouldn't have such a large and well stocked hobby shop in this area. It stocks more N scale stuff than any other place I've ever been. The icing on the cake is that things are priced below retail. So, for model railroaders, this is a great place to be. I've visited my brother in the New Orleans area and my sister in the Columbus area and haven't seen any stores that have come close to WV. Hobby and Crafts. When we were visiting friends in Louisville, KY., I checked out some hobby shops and not one was anywhere near the size of WV Hobby & Crafts. It would be a mistake to assume that WV. Hobby & Crafts caused the demise of Hobbyland. Hobbyland had the area sewed up. But, as I've said, once Mr. Reeves no longer ran the place, it went downhill relatively quickly. He was the heart of Hobbyland and loved trains. In fact, in his later years, he built a really awesome trestle bridge type setup that runs around the ceiling of Hobbyland. It was scratchbuilt out of small pieces of wood. I can't even imagine building that myself. When he was alive, you could go and ask him how to do something and he could tell you. He would sit and talk trains with you as long as you wanted to. He was gruff on the outside, but once you got to know him, he was a really neat person. I used to love to go in and talk to him and listen to his stories. I, and a lot of modeller's around here, miss him. Around model railroad circles, he will be the topic of memories and discussion for years to come. He was a cornerstone of the hobby in this area and did a lot to promote model railroading in Huntington. WV. Hobby & Crafts started out as a small store. As a modeller, there was less and less and less you could find at Hobbyland. You just couldn't find what you wanted. Everything was old stock at top dollar. So, the shift of business to WV. Hobby & Crafts was gradual at first and as word spread, things just snowballed. No one took the business away from Hobbyland, its like they just quit and gave up. <br />
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