@graz posted:AB Charles on West Liberty Ave. in Dormont, PA.
Bill and Walt's in Downtown Pgh.
Jim's in Homer City, PA
Collectible Toys and Trains on Loop 12 in Dallas, TX
Born and raised in Pittsburgh thru high school 1965. Christmas + train layouts were king. I had a Pittsburgh Press paper route and virtually every customer had some sort of train layout. I got too see them all! My dad started us out with a Lionel steam set in the early 50's. Then added New York Central F-3 set with magna traction, switch tracks, logloader, coal loader, etc. I don't recall the stores he took us too though. But I been hooked on O scale ever since. My daughters loved them. And now my grand kids, Fast forward to moving to the Dallas area in 1988. Discovered Collectible Toys and Trains sometime after that. My Layouts got bigger and a lot of stuff came from Collectible. Great bunch of guys and gals there. Then they moved somewhere out in the country. I heard the owner passed away (can't remember his name, but I do remember his face). RIP. And the hobby lives on.
