Visited there many times.
I visited Madison Hardware one time in the middle 60’s with my dad. We took a Thanksgiving weekend and rode the train from Florence,SC to Pennsylvania Station. On the train trip my dad asked me what I wanted to see in NY as this was my first trip there. My answer was:
The observation deck at the Empire State Building and
Madison Hardware Train shop.
I remember that one and only one key making machine. So much for hardware.LOL.
Leon Butler
@Apples55 posted:105 East 23rd Street… a couple of doors off Park Ave. South - north side of the street.
Thanks!
They were the only place my dad knew that would repair trains. He had his 248 'refreshed' and they rebuilt an R transformer in 1984. I still have both and they work just fine. I remember how overwhelming the store was but the transactions were professional.
We had a great store in the Bronx called Honig's Parkway that had seasonal trains.....which worked for me because trains were seasonal for me at that time.
I "discovered" Madison Hardware from ads in Model Railroader but never ventured there until much older, probably December 1982, and purchased a 6572 Refrigerator car at that time.
Peter
How long did it last in Detroit? Thanks.
@Putnam Division posted:We had a great store in the Bronx called Honig's Parkway that had seasonal trains.....which worked for me because trains were seasonal for me at that time.
I "discovered" Madison Hardware from ads in Model Railroader but never ventured there until much older, probably December 1982, and purchased a 6572 Refrigerator car at that time.
Peter
I remember Honigs Parkway, they had the trains in the back. I live in White Plains and went there a few times for train in the late 70's.
I just missed being able to shop there in person, but I did get a brand new drive chassis thru Mr Kuhn after he purchased it and I met him at a show and we got talking about my dad's ailing 1655 that the studs for the spur gears were worn nearly in half. A few weeks later, one showed up on my parent's doorstep from him to me.(I was in my teens at that time). But many east coast hobby retailers are the same way. To someone from the midwest, it comes off as direct to the point of being rude, all business and no small talk if they dont know you personally. Trainworld can be this way to this very day when one calls on the phone and is not from the east coast. I do wish I could have met the guys at Madison. I love soaking up the stories & knowledge like a sponge. Mike
