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I second what Mike says. Usually, if you ask them to order it for you, they will. They KNOW you're going to buy it, so its no risk on their part, they just get your business, and you get the model.

Usually after you try to force conflicting things (like 40' boxcars into the 1970s), you get something that, though technically possible, does not always look quite right. Backdating is a viable option, but was it really what you wanted?

I also have to wonder what kind of hobby shop only stocks 40' cars. Is it just a small place? or do they exclusively deal with "back in the day" models?

Most hobby shops stock what sells. Different hobby shops that I've visited stock different items from each other.

Justin, this is what us model railroad junkies did for our fix before the internet.

Oh, I understand that part. Still, it seems like such a specific thing, only 40' boxcars. I'd understand if it were a small hobby shop that caters to a little of everything (trains, planes, ships, games, etc.) but I've never seen what I consider a primarily model railroad store ever sell just one period of stuff. More frequently i see it limited by manufacturer than prototype.

That leads to the main reason I asked. I knew some hobby shops (like what used to be Allied Hobbies) didn't do business with Walthers, they only did business with Bachmann, Lifelike, and Atlas (and after the Walthers merger, no longer them either). It all had to do with whatever distributor the hobby shop gets its trains from.