12-24-2008, 11:18 AM
Kevin is correct, and many of these places have a minimum order - for Precision Scale, it's currently $30.00. I was in Montoursville Pa. this past October, and bought some stuff at English's Model Railway Supply. One of the items I needed was roofwalks for the Bowser covered hoppers. They had none in stock, but one of the staff went down the street a couple of blocks, to Bowser, to get the required parts. The store and the factory are affiliated. The main reason that I went there, though, was to get a #203 headlight from Cal-Scale, which I have been trying to locate for almost a year: they had none in stock, either. 
Wayne
Wayne