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The Great Train Store Co. (GTRN)

An SI Board Since January 2000

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Emcee: TallTrader	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

The Great Train Store Co. is a national chain of unique, upscale
specialty retail stores, offering a range of train-themed
merchandise not generally available from any other single
retailer. The Company currently operates 56 stores.

Book Value: $1.04/share
Shares O/S: 4.42 mil
Float: 2.80 mil
biz.yahoo.com

WEB SITE:
greattrainstoreonline.com

DE-LISTED FROM NASDAQ TO OTCBB 12/22/99.
On September 20, 1999, the Company received notification from Nasdaq
that it had failed to meet the minimum bid price requirement over
the last thirty consecutive trading days as required.

OWNERSHIP
· Insider: 37%
· Over the last 6 months:
· 5 insider buys; 198.0K shares (13.9% of insider shares)
· one insider sell; 5,000 shares (0.4% of insider shares)
· Institutional: 7% (12% of float) (3 institutions)
· Net Inst. Selling: 61.0K shares (+22.59%) (prior qtr to latest qtr)
biz.yahoo.com

52-WEEK HIGH/LOW PRICE
Low: $0.125 on 23-Dec-1999
High: $2.000 on 10-May-1999

REVENUES (Thousands)
12/31/95 12,816
12/28/96 18,998
01/03/98 28,091
01/02/99 33,933

9 months September 19,050 (1999) vs 16,509 (1998), up 15%

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8	Market Makers are making it tough to trade GTRN with a bid/ask spread of .09/23	Findit	-	3/7/2000
7	Starting to move. Bid/Ask at 20/23 now. Last trade .20. WOW	Findit	-	3/3/2000
6	TallTrader not a bad day. The bid/ask started at 5/6 ended at 7.5/12. A double	Findit	-	3/2/2000
5	They only filled 25k of my 75k order before it went to .06x.08.	TallTrader	-	3/2/2000
4	I have an order in now. Yes, I have been to their stores and that is why I like	TallTrader	-	3/2/2000
3	Talltrader what do you think about GTRN at these levels? I emptied my pockets	Findit	-	3/1/2000
2	On February 28, 2000, The Great Train Store Company (the "Company"	TallTrader	-	2/28/2000
1	Comparable store sales INCREASE, October 1999 Qtr Comparison of the Thirteen W	TallTrader	-	1/1/2000

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