> Bruce's Trains was apparently embezzled by a. . . . .

Now if someone can substantiate that - or at least shed additional light on the subject of this particular business closure - that would be very helpful to us all. But please - just the facts as they are known. Speculations are useless.

Having been there a few times when traveling through, I can say that it was a very good train store, as local hobby shops go - better than most. It is too bad.