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 Posted - November 14 2023 : 9:06:18 PM
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A cute vintage model train store still exists near Piscataway New Jersey.
The Model Railroad Shop has been in business since 1933.
Norfolk Southern freight line is just blocks south of the store.
A cute small park is near the freight tracks.
I went back to the store before closing time. I bought a train magazine. I have bought train items there in the past.
https://themodelrailroadshop.com/
Definitely worth the visit for people living nearby.
290 Vail Ave Piscataway New Jersey 08854
Phone: (732) 968-5696
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Posted - November 14 2023 : 10:25:32 PM
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Another store that I go to in New Jersey is located at Mountain Lakes.
They sell vintage HO scale items as well as Lionel items.
NJ Transit train station near the store. Is a restaurant and bar now.
Mountain Lakes is a few blocks away. More like a large pond.
https://m.train-station.com/
12 Romaine Road Mountain Lakes New Jersey 07046
Phone: (973) 263-1979
https://thestationatmountainlakes.com/
99 Midvale Road Mountain Lakes New Jersey 07046
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 Posted - November 15 2023 : 10:54:46 AM
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Holy smoke, so unusual to see a model train shop. I cannot imagine the overhead of that nice
little stone house- they must do a whopping business to stay afloat. Locally, we've still got
Hal's Hobbys, which primarily caters to the RC crowd and motorized miniature vehicles.
Hal told me that model train sales account for only 11% of their income.
I haven't bought a model train in a while now, partly because I'm try to finish up
all the different projects I have scattered all over the garage. When I did get something,
it was either from Britain, and the postage was often the equal of the item itself, or
something hard to find on eBay.
Lately, I've been salivating over the thought of an Australian C430 with matching caboose.
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Posted - November 15 2023 : 1:20:29 PM
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| Hope to get to Mountain Lakes if I get to Edison next week
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Posted - December 07 2023 : 9:37:43 PM
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Got to the Little Hobby shop. Nice little shop. A new one on Long Island is NY Electric trains in Manorville NY. Though he specializes in Lionel Three rail. HE DOES BUY collections. INCLUDING HO. Last visit he showed me this box . AND WHAT WAS IN THIS COMBO IT'SWOOD AND CARDBOARD BOX FORMERLY USED TO SHIP FLOWERS?        . What indeed
If you go out to store ask for what they have prices are not to bad newspaper was dated 1984
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Posted - December 08 2023 : 01:12:59 AM
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oh man there are a few things in that HO box I'd of totally gotten  
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Posted - December 08 2023 : 11:23:34 AM
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| check avinathan on e bay some will be going up
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Posted - February 13 2024 : 4:11:57 PM
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The shop in Manorhaven NY
what you see when you get off Long Island expressway
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