Trainz.com has announced the purchase of hobby shop inventory
for its online shop. The company purchased the inventory of Rail
Yard Hobby Shop of Roanoke, Virginia, and Len Carparelli’s L&L Model Train Restoration Company assets, as well as Mr. Carparelli’s toy train collection.
“These acquisitions expand our model train offerings and the parts to maintain them,” said Trainz Senior Marketing Analyst Kevin Griffis.
Len Carparelli passed away in September 2025. Rail Yard Hobby Shop’s owner, Jim Molinary, retired in November 2025, according to an article posted by Fox station WFXR.
“We will be listing L&L’s new old stock/postwar parts soon. Shops can use the interactive Exploded Parts Diagrams to find just what they need for their latest repair,” said Griffis. Supreme Court Ends Some Tariffs,
But Questions Remain In February, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration did not have the legal authority under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose wide, sweeping, global reciprocal tariffs.
The Court’s ruling only blocked tariffs created using the
emergency law (IEEPA). It did not cancel other tariffs that were created under different trade laws. For example, Section 232 tariffs (the “national security” law, usually applied to steel, aluminum, cars, and auto parts) are still in effect.
Tariffs created under Section 301 (used when the U.S. claims another country is trading unfairly) are also still in place. On top of that, normal base import taxes that apply to all countries under regular trade rules never went away.
The decision came after the court ruled on two cases, Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc., a toy company and a wine importer. The ruling ended country-by-country reciprocal rates up to 34% on Chinese imports and the 25% duties on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods tied to drug trafficking enforcement. Tariffs enacted under separate statutory authorities remain in place, including steel and aluminum duties under Section 232.
Questions remain about what will happen to the roughly $179 billion collected so far. American importers paid those dollars, and now there is a question of whether the money will be refunded and, if so, how it will be done.
In the wake of the decision, the administration announced a 10% tariff under another statute, Section 122, that would be in effect from Feb. 24 to July 24. The statute allows a president to impose a levy of up to 15% for up to 150 days.