There are fantastic model railroading hobby shops throughout america. These shops all look like lots of fun to visit, but which are the most popular? Here is a listing for the fantastic state of Pennsylvania.
Hobby stores not quite making my top 10 were Brentwood Station in Pittsburgh, Bussinger Trains in Ambler, Chemical. T. McCormick Hardware in Zelienople, Central Keystone Hobbies in Avis, CoolTrains Toys and Hobbies in Salunga, English's Model Train Supply in Montoursville, Gene's Trains and Pastimes in Duncansville, Grzyboski's Train Shop in Moosic, Henning Scale Models in Lansdale, Hobby Headquarters in Meadville, Imperial Train in Imperial, Jerry Quinn Classic Trains and Playthings in Coatesville, Jim's Train Store in Homer City, Ken's Trains in Glassport, Main Line Hobbies in East Norriton, Modellbahn Ott Hobbies in Gilbertsville, Nicholas Smith Trains in Broomall, Niedzalkoski's Train Store in Jeannette, Kiminas and B Hobby Center in Tunkhannock, Singers Hobbies and Crafts in Wellsboro, T and L Train Junction in Danville, The Train Gallery in Pittsburgh, The Train Shoppe and Hobby Center in Wilkes Barre, The Underground Railroad Shoppe in New Castle, Tommy Gilbert's Hobby Shop in Gettysburg, Playthings On The Rectangular in Hummelstown, Winkie's Toy and Hobby in Lititz, and Ye Olde Train and Christmas Shoppe in Boyertown.
So lots of excellent product railroading shops from all over Pa in the top ten, but the Pittsburgh area had all of the leading five. As usual, the top spot went to a retailer with both a superb neighborhood shop and a blooming site.
When in Philadelphia be sure to see some of the excellent railroading museums including National Toy n scale Museum in Paradise, Railway Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Steamtown National Historical Site in Scranton, and Western Pennsylvania Model Rail Road Museum in Gibsonia. Furthermore in Pa are some fantastic model train shows, including the Choo Choo Barn in Strasburg and Nationwide Christmas Center in Paradise.
This list was compiled by me by trying to find the hobby shops listed on the number of search engines and ranking them by the number of web pages, discussion forums, photos, videos, etc which are available online. This list was further screened by me to contain only pages that mentioned model railroading.
Larry Truett is a freelance computer programmer living in San Diego, California with his spouse as well as their three cats. He enjoys walking, reading, gardening, watching too much tv, and other nerdy activities.
The hottest model railroading stores (based on online chat) in the state of Pennsylvania are:
1. Bill and Walt's Hobby Store in Pittsburgh
2. A. T. Charles Hobby Store in Pittsburgh...and
probably the most popular shop for model trains in Philadelphia is...
three. Len's Train Store in Irwin
4. Esther's Hobby Store in Pittsburgh
5. Hobby Express in Cranberry Township
6. Activity Hobbies in Langhorne
7. Modelers' Depot in Hopwood
8. Neely's Train Store in Altoona
9. Cappelli Hobbies in Philadelphia
10. Strasburg n scale figures Shop in Strasburg
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