When I had a hockey tourney in Fondy. Across from the rink was a giant hobby supercenter…I go inside to find plants. [banghead]
Yup I think I remember that message. Close I’m sure speciallyif you live near Little Muskego… I havent worked on it in the last 3 months but I get out of my fishing moods so I started messing with my MR stuff.
Whoa man…I live a block away from little muskego pretty much…now I’m just excited.
I live in Oxford, WI, and model a HO Tourist Railroad, that gets it’s share of Wisconsin related equipment. Of course, before I started this, I ran all Wisconsin equipment.
My nearest shop would be Galaxy Hobby in Plover, WI. I see that they sold their layout in the window, and they are limiting their HO stock. Too bad…
Other than that, the Madison Hobby Stop is the best one. They know what they are doing down there.
I see there is a new hobby shop in Stevens Point that susposedly sells Walthers cars (I’ll have to check on that)
If you guys are interiested, the local Antique store in town has a Walthers H10-44 in C&NW and a Burlington GP30 P2K. The GP is damaged, and is selling for $60 and the H10-44 is a steep $75. Notice that I am the local HO modeler, and they don’t sell their HO engines…
Phil
Hey I’m in downtown Milwaukee but modeling South Boston (go figure) but my takes for you on the hobby shops in the Greater Milwaukee Area are as follows:
First, Walthers Terminal Hobby Shop, it’s great to be able to check inventory right before you go to buy something, and their sales are really quite nice. (I got a P1K C-Liner there for around 30 bucks once)
Second, to get good selection on Athearns, try Greenfield News And Hobby by Southridge. Most of their roadnames are local (which gets difficult for a Conrail modeler like me) but their prices are good, generally below Walthers on full price items, and their selection is very nice for a more traditional hobby shop.
Also don’t forget the golden hobby shop that is E-bay, odds are if you need it, it’ll be on there before long.
As for clubs and such, I’m a bit of a lone wolf, as I don’t really have too much time to work on my layout thanks to also being a college student and an appartment dweller, but I get along with it well.
I’ve been meaning to get out more around the area to build on my library of prototype photos. Would you believe I’ve never even seen a Wisconsin Southern engine? Last time I was up there on that end of town watching trains there were still Green Bay Western gators!
So if anyone knows where a good spot around Milwaukee to watch the WSORR is I’d be thankful, I’m starting to get a bit bored with the same old UP power (although the CP does manage to keep things interesting)
Cheers!
~METRO
Right in your area METRO! How big is the Walthers shop?
And did you ever check out Muskego Yard by the Brewer stadium? I hear they still have some MILW bandits sitting around down there…
I down to Galaxy Hobby when ever I go to stveens point. Yeah it is to bad that there limiting there stock. It was a pretty good slection. I found a Walthers Soo Line Grain Car I wanted down there, and I also found a SOO ACF grain car that is out of production.
The Walthers store dow there is Huge.(If it’s the o
Walthers / Terminal Hobby Shop which is now just Walthers / Show room. And your correct Walthers is the one with what use to be the hobby shop. They had to change the saying of Hobby shop to Showroom and shoroom pick up due to LHS. I know many of the guys who work the showroom they are nice and most are knowledgable on trains. The Prices at Walthers are higher because they are distrubitors to other LHS and because usually you can get what you want right away (unless its owned by Horizon Hobbies then you have to go to a LHS). Walthers does have a damaged package section sometimes you can get things for 50% off. One hint if you live in Waukesha tho if you plan on going to Walthers always make sure you make it worth going because its one heck f a trip.
I barely go to any other LHS I do go to Hiawatha Hobbies in Waukesha just because they have a nice selection on Athearn, and you doget discounts if your a NMRA member but prices arent high at all wthout being an NMRA member. Greenfield is great to nice people decent prices also
Anybody from the other side of the state? I live in the La Crosse area. Plenty of trains around here. I never even cared about that until a few months ago. I was talking to my neighbor across the street, turns out he’s a train master for BNSF. I think I might have to ask him for a ride sometime!
where was this thread last year when i was in shawano for a family reunion. LOL
jeff
The Walthers shop isn’t a browsing place basically there’s a bank of computers, a few things out in the showroom and a pickup desk. One uses the computers to get a list of things they want, give it to the guy at the pickup desk and they go get it in their MASSIVE warehouse. Their selection is absolutely incredible because that’s the distrubution warehouse for Walthers operations, if it’s listed on their website as in stock, that means it’s sitting in the warehouse in Milwaukee ready to be picked up immediately.
As for the Muskego yard, I know a few guys that work there and yes there are still some bandits on property but they are getting rare. They also come out on CP trains a lot too, there’s a GP40 and last summer there was an MP15, although I’m not sure if that one has been repainted yet.
CP keeps their power interesting and there are plenty of places around Milwaukee to watch their trains, especially The Village in Wauwatosa, Watertown Plank Road in Elm Grove and the park on Barker north of Bluemound in Brookfield.
Their power is quite interesting, especially in the summer. Along with the standard SD40-2s, AC4400Ws and GEvos there are SOO SD60s and SD60Ms (which are rarer) CP Red Barns, the above mentioned bandit GP40, SOO hockey-stick GP38-2s and from time to time there are some CN GP40Ws, former Wisconsin Central engines and IC Death Stars as well as other visiting power.
Another interesting operation is UP’s switch job in Harborview just across the river from the Third Ward and the summerfest grounds. The engine is usually a UP GP38-2 but the most interesting thing is how the job transverses some of the worst trackage I’v
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The Walthers shop isn’t a browsing place basically there’s a bank of computers, a few things out in the showroom and a pickup desk. One uses the computers to get a list of things they want, give it to the guy at the pickup desk and they go get it in their MASSIVE warehouse. Their selection is absolutely incredible because that’s the distrubution warehouse for Walthers operations, if it’s listed on their website as in stock, that means it’s sitting in the warehouse in Milwaukee ready to be picked up immediately.
As for the Muskego yard, I know a few guys that work there and yes there are still some bandits on property but they are getting rare. They also come out on CP trains a lot too, there’s a GP40 and last summer there was an MP15, although I’m not sure if that one has been repainted yet.
CP keeps their power interesting and there are plenty of places around Milwaukee to watch their trains, especially The Village in Wauwatosa, Watertown Plank Road in Elm Grove and the park on Barker north of Bluemound in Brookfield.
Their power is quite interesting, especially in the summer. Along with the standard SD40-2s, AC4400Ws and GEvos there are SOO SD60s and SD60Ms (which are rarer) CP Red Barns, the above mentioned bandit GP40, SOO hockey-stick GP38-2s and from time to time there are some CN GP40Ws, former Wisconsin Central engines and IC Death Stars as well as other visiting power.
Another interesting operation is UP’s switch job in Harborview just across the river from the Third Ward and the summerfest grounds. The engine is usually a UP GP38-2 but the most interesting thing is how the
I wouldn’t be able to go there for awhile.
Isn’t that a terrible part of town also?
Could you PLEASE get me some MILW pictures of some bandits ETC, ETC?
And maybe some SOO and WC for WCfan.
Oh and with the WSOR building new rails like no other, is it somewhat possible for them to come to Muskego?
I thought about checking out the Walthers place when I was in Milw. a few months back. I’m not use to driving around down there so I was wayyyyy to scared to try to get there. Those people in Milw. drive like maniacs on a mess of spagetti highways!
Milwaukee is very violent now. Most areas anyway. That’s why my family decided to move to Muskego 2 years ago.
i go to the toy train depot in the northland mall in appleton , good selection & ok prices
The Toy Train Depot is not far from where I work. Have gotten some good videos there at decent prices. Also get good deals on consignment sales of N scale.
I’ve been there too. Pretty good slections. But To me there magazine prices are kinda high.
Don’t the magazines have the publishers retail prices printed on them??