Mallard4468 posted:Mike D posted:Allied Model Trains was the one I shopped at when I lived there. They moved a couple of times over the years so I am not sure where they are now. I am thinking they may be in Culver City.
Went out of business and then burned down - probably been 10 years. It was a premier shop in its day. I made frequent visits when I lived there.
Allied had a big beautiful "train depot" train store in Culver City. Apparently, Allen Drucker, whose father, I believe, founded Allied in the '40s, had purchased the property & built that store on Sepulveda Blvd. after the store had been in a couple of different locations over the years.
Allied was probably the finest, all-around train store I've been in (and I've been in many including the large ones on the east coast). Prices were high but product was there and the store in and of itself was worth the visit. Culver City is not far from Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Malibu, etc., and the store was frequented by celebrities - especially at Christmas.
As I was told, Allen decided to get out of the train business and sold the business - without the property - to another hobbyist. "Allied Train Store" reopened not far from the "train depot" train store on Sepulveda Blvd.
Allen leased the train store property to Samy's Cameras for a tidy sum, as I recall.
As Mallard said above, the new "Allied" went out of business. If simply did not have the charm or the inventory of the previous Allied.
