| For the past year I have been compiling a list of | | | | Norwood, Scag's Electric Train Shop in Staten Island, |
| hobby shops with a good selection of model trains. | | | | Trainville Hobby Depot in Levittown, TreatStation in |
| These shops all look like a lot of fun to visit, but | | | | Peekskill, Village Train and Hobby in Windsor, Walt's |
| what are the most popular? Here is a list for the | | | | Hobby in Syracuse, Willis Hobbies in Mineola, World of |
| great state of New York. | | | | Trains in Forest Hills, and Xtreme Hobby Shop in Deer |
| The most popular model railroading shops (based on | | | | Park. |
| online chatter) in the state of New York are: | | | | Also in New York be sure to visit some of the great |
| 10. Dutchess Train and Hobby in Poughkeepsie | | | | railroading museums including Empire State Railway |
| 9. Trainland in Brooklyn | | | | Museum in Phoenica, New York Museum Of |
| 8. J and K Trains and Parts in Marlboro | | | | Transportation in West Henrietta, Railroad Museum of |
| 7. Hudson Shores Model Train Depot in Blauvelt | | | | Long Island in Greenport, Rochester and Genesee |
| 6. Locomotive Works in Wilson | | | | Valley Railroad Museum in West Henrietta, and |
| 5. Got a Hobby in Bedford Hills | | | | Salamanca Rail Museum in Salamanca. |
| 4. JR Junction Train and Hobby in Syracuse | | | | So lots of great model railroading shops from all over |
| 3. Model Trains And in Schenectady | | | | New York in the top 10. Empire Northern Models |
| 2. Aurora Rails and Hobbies in East Aurora | | | | probably made it to the number one spot by having |
| ...and the most popular shop for model trains in New | | | | a popular website as well as a fantastic retail store. I |
| York is... | | | | was a bit surprised that Trainland, where "Bobby |
| 1. Empire Northern Models in Webster | | | | Bacala" from the TV series the Sopranos purchased |
| Hobby shops not quite making my top 10 were | | | | the Blue Comet was not higher on the list because of |
| Adirondack Train and Hobby in Saratoga Springs, Bay | | | | that publicity, but I guess that was a few years ago. |
| Shore Hobbies in Bay Shore, Bruckner Hobbies in The | | | | I compiled this list by searching for the hobby shops |
| Bronx, Bud's H. O. Cars in Cortlandt Manor, Delhi | | | | listed on a number of search engines and ranking |
| Station Train and Lighting Shop in Delhi, Flying | | | | them by the number of web pages, discussion |
| Scotsman and Walden Hobbies in Monroe, Groton | | | | forums, photos, videos, etc that are available online. I |
| Hobby Shop in Groton, Lantz's Train Shop in | | | | further screened this list to include only pages that |
| Horseheads, Nassau Hobby Center in Freeport, NHS | | | | mentioned model railroading. |
| Hobbies in Ridgewood, Norwood Hobby Shop in | | | | |