| There are many fantastic hobby shops for model | | | | Jersey; Pastime Hobbies and Miniatures in Bayonne, |
| railroaders all over the United States. These all look like | | | | New Jersey; Z and Z Hobbies in Mercerville, New |
| great fun to visit, but what are the most popular? Here | | | | Jersey; Zeppelin Hobbies and Raceway in Wayne, |
| is a top ten list for the states of Delaware, Maryland, | | | | New Jersey. |
| and New Jersey. | | | | So, there are lots of great model railroading shops |
| The most popular model railroading shops (based on | | | | from all over Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey but |
| online chatter) in Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey | | | | clearly New Jersey dominated the list with eight in the |
| are: | | | | top ten. Maryland had two in the ten, and Just Trains in |
| 10. Ridgefield Hobby in Ridgefield, New Jersey | | | | Delaware just missed out. Note that this list was for |
| 9. Maplewood Hobby in Maplewood, New Jersey | | | | the train stores more than their online web stores. If |
| 8. M. B. Klein Model Train Stuff in Cockeysville, | | | | this list were for online stores the website of M. B. Klein |
| Maryland | | | | Model Train Stuff would probably have won. |
| 7. Tony's Train Town in Cedar Grove, New Jersey | | | | When in Delaware, Maryland, or New Jersey be sure |
| 6. MTH Electric Trains in Columbia, Maryland | | | | to visit some of the excellent railroading museums |
| 5. Hobbymasters in Red Bank, New Jersey | | | | including Harrington Museum and Railroad Museum in |
| 4. The Model Railroad Shop in Piscataway, New | | | | Harrington, Delaware; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
| Jersey | | | | Museum in Baltimore, Maryland; Brunswick Railroad |
| 3. The Train Station in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey | | | | Museum in Brunswick, Maryland; Hagerstown |
| 2. Toy Train Emporium in Cherry Hill, New Jersey | | | | Roundhouse Museum in Hagerstown, Maryland; |
| ...and the most popular shop for model trains in | | | | Huntington Railroad Museum in Bowie, Maryland; New |
| Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey is... | | | | Jersey Museum of Transportation in Wall, New Jersey; |
| 1. The Hobby Shop in Aberdeen, New Jersey | | | | Whippany Railway Museum in Whippany, New Jersey; |
| Hobby shops not quite making my top 10 were Just | | | | and South Jersey Railroad Museum in Tuckahoe, New |
| Trains in Newark, Delaware; Millsboro Hobbies in | | | | Jersey. |
| Millsboro, Delaware; Seaside Hobbies in Ocean View, | | | | I compiled this list by searching for the hobby shops |
| Delaware; Engine House Hobbies in Gaithersburg, | | | | listed on a number of search engines and ranking them |
| Maryland; G Scale Train Station in Waldorf, Maryland; | | | | by the number of web pages, discussion forums, |
| Hobby Works in Rockville, Laurel, and Bel Air, Maryland; | | | | photos, videos, etc that are available online. I further |
| The Train Room in Hagerstown, Maryland; Atlantic | | | | screened this list to include only pages that mentioned |
| Rails in Folsom, New Jersey; Genes Train Stop in | | | | model railroading. |
| Kearny, New Jersey; Island Trains in Middletown, New | | | | |