Must visit train stores

Santa Fe VA posted:

SDIV Tim posted:

Dynamic Hobbies in Hemet, California. They have a nice O gauge layout with Legacy Control mainly, with O gauge, HO and N layouts next door. They sell HO, O and N as well as Cars, Planes and Boats.

My grandparents used to live in Hemet.   Which part of town is the store located?

Any other stores in the San Diego-Riverside-Palm Springs areas?

Frank The Trainman in San Diego was a lot of fun to visit: https://ogrforum.com/t...pt-2014-san-diego-ca

Veteran hobby shop (since 1943) & train museum, selling Lionel trains & vintage model sets.
Address: 4233 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: (619) 295-1611

The list of western Pa. shops is only a half of what are available, at best.  we have some good shows, too. 

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

I recommend Hennings in Lansdale-also a forum sponsor...

 

I'd love to get to Hennings some day. Any store that can be in business since 1939 and can give another life to my abused steam switcher from 1939 is doing something right! 

Tom  

Little Choo Choo Shops. If you go you can make a whole day out of it. Just across the street is the nc transportation museum, its a must do. If you get buy a train ticket you not only get to ride a train but also get 10% off form little Choo Choo shops. Very nice, very helpful, newest products, custom orders, and very very high quality store 

Santa Fe VA posted:

SDIV Tim posted:

Dynamic Hobbies in Hemet, California. They have a nice O gauge layout with Legacy Control mainly, with O gauge, HO and N layouts next door. They sell HO, O and N as well as Cars, Planes and Boats.

My grandparents used to live in Hemet.   Which part of town is the store located?

Any other stores in the San Diego-Riverside-Palm Springs areas?

On Florida near Steve's 

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I always buy from Nicholas Smith, Broomall Pa who has the best prices. I don't get up that way as often as I used to but I always do mail order from him and he always ships the same business day of next business day if you order after pick up.

CJ Meyers posted:

Alloway Trains & Things: 

http://www.allowaytrainsnthings.com/

Formerly located in Vineland NJ, now relocated in Alloway NJ.

Bob and Viki Dyer are great people and are very knowledgeable and passionate about the hobby. 

 

 My Troop Train locomotive shorted out two weeks before Christmas. I have plenty of others, but that is the train that runs under my tree every year, and we would have hated to go through Christmas without it. I'm still pretty weak when it comes to repair, so I took it to Trains n' Things. Bob had it fixed it two days, and it ran like a champ. Saved our Christmas.

 Oh, if you're lucky, you'll stop in on a day that Vicki has been baking. Good stuff!

I buy from either Nicholas Smith Trains in Broomall and Just Trains in Newark Delaware. Both are good places to go to and Choo Choo Bussinger's in Ambler is a good place too.

Star Hobby on Route 50 in Annapolis, MD has loads of Lionel NOS as well as other gauges and scenic materials.

There are good trains stores around the country and it would be impossible to visit all of them but you can visit nearly all of them online.

Visit the Model Railroad Shop in Piscataway NJ. It's within good driving distance of the Lehigh Line and Port Reading Secondary for optimal railfanning. The shop mainly sells HO and N but also carries O scale in a back room. I highly reccomend it as it's been there since the 1930's and is easily one of the oldest operating train stores in NJ.

The Train-Station.com up in Mountain Lakes NJ is the best I have found (my limited experience) so far. He has tons of product ranging from high end Tin Type and Vision line GG1 stuff to Ross track and switches. Dave, I believe is the owner, spent a few hours with me a few days after Christmas when it was madness. Really helped me out. They also have a repair facility on premise. I will be heading back up in the next month

In Cherry Hill NJ there is also The Toy Train Emporium. I have made many purchases and Conrad is a great guy. Has always works with me to make sure I got exactly what I needed.

BnB Hobbies in Morestown NJ is a small shop with a lot of stuff. They have a get together on Thursday nights to bull**** and show new stuff that I have yet to attend. But they are a fun bunch and will be probably attending soon.

Bob

Everyone has their favorite train stores and it usually has to do with the great people, but I have found a lot of these stores mentioned ( I have visited) do not have a ton of stock in the actual store.  If you are truly asking about a MUST SEE store than its Nicholas Smith.  Just a ton of stock, and not just new stuff, but tons of postwar stuff (in all price ranges) and tons in the warehouse where you can find things from 20 years ago Brand New in box!  You can spend a whole day there looking through stuff.  Plus the toy store downstairs has lots of K-line stuff, die-cast cars, etc.  If you have to choose one, Nicholas Smith is it.

In San Diego, Riverside area: there is also Reed's in La Mesa. In LA County there is Milepost 38, The Train shack and there is one in Costa Mesa but can't remember what it is calles

SandJam posted:

Everyone has their favorite train stores and it usually has to do with the great people, but I have found a lot of these stores mentioned ( I have visited) do not have a ton of stock in the actual store.  If you are truly asking about a MUST SEE store than its Nicholas Smith.  Just a ton of stock, and not just new stuff, but tons of postwar stuff (in all price ranges) and tons in the warehouse where you can find things from 20 years ago Brand New in box!  You can spend a whole day there looking through stuff.  Plus the toy store downstairs has lots of K-line stuff, die-cast cars, etc.  If you have to choose one, Nicholas Smith is it.

Also trainworld/ trainland

Walker's Hardware, Totowa, NJ, yes indeed. 90 o/o of my locomotives and rolling-stock, all oft track & switches, have come from this LHS owned by Ken Webster. [ 973-942-2694 ].

Ken stands behind everything he sells.

He taught me how to build my bench work , when I had no clue whatsoever, at the very start on 1995.

Frank M

Tomlinsonrunrr, Charles Ro is located on Malden, Ma just 8 blocks from the orange line station stop.

NYCGreg68 posted:

Tom's Trains in Ardsley, NY.  All O Gauge and a boatload of Lionel products stacked floor to celling.  A nice operating layout.  -> http://tomstrainsny.com/about-us/

Now retired in Orlando but once or twice a year I return to New York for a visit and always go to Tom's.  Lots of stuff and, most important, great people.