Good PA, DE, NJ O gauge stores

None of these stores are near any of the places you mentioned, but are very good stores for O gauge.  JusTrains of Delaware,  The Hobby Shop in Aberdeen New Jersey, Nicholas Smith Trains, Jerry Quinn Classic Trains, Grzyboskie's, Trains and Things Ewing Township NJ.  Near the Trenton Airport.

 

 

These two come to mind. I've dealt with both.

 

Just Trains
812 Interchange Blvd
Newark, DE 19711

http://www.justrains.com/webstore/

 

Nicholas Smith Trains

Our Address: Nicholas Smith Trains 2343 West Chester Pike Broomall PA 19008 Telephone: 610.353.8585

 

http://www.nicholassmithtrains.com/

If they will be in the philadelphia area and are heading to dover then definitely nicholas smith and just trains. they are both right off of 95. 

Nicholas Smith is one of the last great toy and train stores left in the world. Downstairs are toys, trains, die-cast, models, games, dolls, really over-whelming. Upstairs is all trains, all gauges. The history of Nicholas Smith trains goes back to early 20th century, the first or one of the first Lionel dealers. The real Nicholas Smith passed away in 1993. The original store was in Phila., new owner new store is in western suburbs of Philly.

Nicholas Smith in Broomall, Pa., is THE the best bet for you, Sam!  Gryzboski is good, but far out of your specified region.  Its at least 90 minutes - two hours from Philly in Scranton.

Undoubtedly Nicholas Smith is by far the largest Philly area train dealer stocking the greatest and varied o gauge inventory of both new and pre-owned locos, rolling stock and accessories representing all the major manufacturers.  Grzyboskie's is somewhat of a hike from Philly while Joe's Train Station is much closer as it's off I95 about 7 or 8 miles west on Rt. 132 in Feasterville area of Lower Bucks County and also about 4 miles west on 132 from the Philadelphia exit of the PA turnpike (and only a couple miles from the greater northeast section of Philadelphia.)

Trains and Things is nice but with much less stock than Nicholas Smith and slightly less than JHoe's Train Station.

I'll pile on for Nicholas Smith.  On the way back to Joisey take the Tacony Palmyra bridge.  Just before you go over, there is a guy who used to sell Philly soft pretzels out of the back of his station wagon.  I was not allowed to return home without a bag of soft pretzels.

 

Ron

 

And, if you and your friend have been looking for something, ask Joey for it at Nicholas Smith. They have lots of stuff, some of it not even displayed.

 

They are my go-to dealer.

 

(You may want to fuel-up first with a cheesesteak sandwich and a milkshake at the adjacent Thunderbird Diner. I do.   )

Jim, especially for pre-owned items, the majority of them are warehoused rather than displayed in the store..

jmiller320... Nicholas Smith is in Broomall, less than 10 miles from Philadelphia, and about that far from I-95.     ????

Oh gosh... Nicholas Smith Trains is a must-see for anyone visiting that part of South Jersey or the Philly area in general.  It's literally a 1/4 mile or so off the southern portion of the Blue Route (Rt 476).  Get off Rt 476 at the Rt 3 (aka West Chester Pike) interchange in Broomall, PA, which is just minutes north of I-95.  You can practically walk to the store from the Rt 476 and Rt 3 interchange.  

 

David

I can't say anything bad about Nicholas Smith Trains either. Any time I visit I am always in awe of their inventory.

 

Though if you want to venture about 20 miles North West of Philly please consider a visit with us.

Nicholas smiths is the place to go.  I've ordered from grzyboskis and the customer service does not match Nichols smith

Definitely Nicholas Smith as well as Trains and Things Ewing Township NJ.  Near the Trenton Airport. I will also add Hennings Toy trains in Lansdale, PA off the 309.

I would have to second these. The drive time of 35 min. from Pennsauken/Cherry Hill is interstate driving to Nicholas Smith.

 

Delaware is devoid of any historical stores above the canal, so Just Trains is a short distance from I-95\RT-1\RT-40 going to or from Dover. They are on the way to building some history. By the way, Arttista Accessories is not to far away.

http://www.arttista.com/

Wow lots of good suggestions.  Will print these off and give to friend to use.  He can punch in the GPS coordinates and drive on to happiness (and an empty wallet/credit card .)

If'n you can make it to Henning's come a little further west to Ye Olde Train and Christmas Shoppe.  Fully stocked train store covering all gauges with much Lionel and MTH, old and new.

 

On Route 100 and Jackson St, near Boyertown and Gilbertsville, PA.

 

Open this Sunday in concert with the Gilbertsville Train Show.

20 miles to N.Smith is not far for the one of the largest train stores to be found on the planet..