When we moved to Central PA in 1999, the area was swimming with train stores. I've crossed out the ones that are gone:
- Maxwell's Trains - Harrisburg
- The Train Shop? - Palmyra
- Draud's Derailment - Lebanon
- Blue Mountain Hobbies - Annville
- Barry's Trains - Elizabethtown
- Cool Trains - Salunga
- Hobbytown - Harrisburg
- The Station - New Cumberland
Back in the Pittsburgh area, the biggest and best train store is undoubtedly Hobby Express in Cranberry Township. (And I'm not saying that just because I used to work there). It has a very large selection of Lionel and MTH locomotives, freight cars, track, transformers, and scenery products. They repair trains as well, and the staff is very knowledgeable and helpful.
George