Originally Posted by Number 90:
Matt Jackson (AGHRmatt) is a member and his email address is on his profile. He's a good guy and can let you know how to visit their layout.
Don't tell people I'm a good guy! I have a reputation to think about among my colleagues in my megalomaniac support group.
The club is open to visitors pretty much any time the doors are open, but the general "public" day is Saturday from 10:00am to 4:00pm. We have a mid-week meeting Wednesday from 4:00pm to about 8:00 (first Wednesday is the Business Meeting). Fewer trains are running if at all because we're often doing layout work. We also make special arrangements for out-of-town visitors.
As for train stores, there are none in the city of Los Angeles per say, but in surrounding areas of Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The ones below deal in all scales, but the pickings can be slim for O Gauge/O Scale. Not sure what's outside of the LA Metro area and the "hobby shops" in the area tend to carry little model railroading supplies other than R-T-R sets with little, if any, O gauge equipment.
Los Angeles County:
Orange County:
BTW, Colorado Hi-Railer, the Original Whistle stop is on Colorado Blvd. Good reference regarding the Jan & Dean song "Little old Lady from Pasadena" as she was the "Terror of Colorado Boulevard." My mother was one of those, hot-rodding around in a 280ZX Turbo.