Sunday, February 2, 2014

Let's Go To the Train Store !

A coworker suggested I check out Eastside Trains in Kirkland Washington, so I packed up the family and off we went.

Folks, this is a model train lover's heaven! I had heard you could spend hours in this store and it's true. Don't be fooled by the picture I used of the building. It's a pretty big store chock full of everything you can imagine and then some. Autumn even found a pink railroader cap which she is now very proud to own. Of course, she told me I HAD to get myself a black one......so I did!

We also picked up some catalogs, a piece of cork roadbed and a sample of HO people. All of this was so we could start doing a little experimenting. The HO people will help us to get the idea of the scale. We also picked up some extra track so that our train could actually make some practice runs and not have to keep going back and fourth on its two foot straightaway any more.

If you need a little inspiration while you're in the store you'll find a couple of large layouts that everyone enjoyed watching.

 
I would highly suggest checking out this store if you are in the Washington area. If you are even remotely interested in model railroading or miniature scene building (lots of items here for those pesky kids school projects too) this is the store for you. The helpful staff were a real plus too!

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