I heard that yesterday's Daily Times had an article on the store. I missed getting the paper. Anyone here from the Southeast PA area read it? If so how was it?
Bill
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Nice plug for the store. It was on the same page-spread (pgs 36-37) that featured a larger article about a local HO railroad club's upcoming open house a few miles down the road from Nicholas Smith Trains. That's likely where the tie-in to the store came to be.
The article included a photo of store owner Chris Gans holding a Pennsy caboose in front of the store's display layout. Mentioned the store was originally established in 1910 at center city Philly, then moved to it's current location in 1075. Now it's the oldest Lionel dealership in the US, and that they're one of only EIGHT shops dealing directly with Lionel.
The rest of the article was nice... but a very general Motherhood and apple-pie write-up of a well-established, local toy train store whose employees have seen kids grow up to bring their own kids into the store now.
Overall, great coverage for our wonderful hobby.
David
Nice report Dave, but I have a question, lets see 1910 to 1075 sounds like a ride in an alien space ship to me?
Originally Posted by gg1man:
Nice report Dave, but I have a question, lets see 1910 to 1075 sounds like a ride in an alien space ship to me?
LOL! 
Oops... Make that 1975... And I can't even blame that type-o on my iPad's silly type-ahead feature going bonkers! Just my clumsy fingers!
David
What newspaper did the article? Maybe the rest of us can read it on-line.
The Daily Times of Delaware County.
Here's a link to the article about the club:
http://www.delcotimes.com/arti...t?viewmode=fullstory
Matt
I see the story about the club in Matt's link. Cannot find the Nicholas Smith story when I search the paper's website, though. ???
Thank you everyone for the info. I still have to read it, but I managed to find the paper in a store on the bottom of the rack.
Bill
Originally Posted by RockyMountaineer:
Originally Posted by gg1man:
Nice report Dave, but I have a question, lets see 1910 to 1075 sounds like a ride in an alien space ship to me?
LOL! Oops... Make that 1975... And I can't even blame that type-o on my iPad's silly type-ahead feature going bonkers! Just my clumsy fingers!
David
Wow... I was gonna say that would make it a very old train store indeed!
Originally Posted by RadioRon:
I see the story about the club in Matt's link. Cannot find the Nicholas Smith story when I search the paper's website, though. ???
Ron, my synopsis really does cover the bulk of the story. It was just an "inset story" on the same page-spread as the club's open house, which was the real feature. That's probably why the Nicholas Smith piece didn't make it into the online version.
After the short blurb about one of the store employees working there for 28 years and seeing a generation of train enthusiasts grow up to now bring their own kids into the store, the final paragraph highlighted the stores business hours. That was pretty much it. But like I said earlier... any coverage is always good for the hobby.
David
