Piedmont Railroad Museum & Library

The
Piedmont Railroad Museum and Library
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The Piedmont Railroad Museum & Library, Inc. is now permanently closed. Following is information about area hobby shops and model railroad clubs.

Hobby Shop	Description & How to Get There
Nick's Trains, Inc. Oak Park Shopping Center 5201 Oak Park Drive Raleigh, NC 27612 Phone: 919-881-1010 Web: www.nicks-trains.com Email: nickstrains@mindspring.com Open Monday through Saturday: 10am – 6pm	Our shop is filled with new, used, and collectible toy and model trains and train accessories, primarily in G, O, O-27, HO, and N gauges. We also stock many parts, books, tools, paints, and hobby supplies. We order at least weekly, so special orders are no problem. We buy used and collectible trains, train accessories, and other toys. Repairs. Oak Park Shopping center is located off Glenwood Avenue, which is Highway 70 in northwest Raleigh. From the Raleigh Beltline/Interstate 440 take the US70 exit toward Durham. Hollyridge Drive is the 5th traffic light beyond the traffic lights at the exit ramps (second traffic light after you get to the top of the hill).

Hobby Shop

Description & How to Get There

Nick's Trains, Inc.
Oak Park Shopping Center
5201 Oak Park Drive
Raleigh, NC 27612

Phone: 919-881-1010

Web: www.nicks-trains.com
Email: nickstrains@mindspring.com

Open Monday through Saturday: 10am – 6pm

Our shop is filled with new, used, and collectible toy and model trains and train accessories, primarily in G, O, O-27, HO, and N gauges. We also stock many parts, books, tools, paints, and hobby supplies. We order at least weekly, so special orders are no problem. We buy used and collectible trains, train accessories, and other toys. Repairs.

Oak Park Shopping center is located off Glenwood Avenue, which is Highway 70 in northwest Raleigh. From the Raleigh Beltline/Interstate 440 take the US70 exit toward Durham. Hollyridge Drive is the 5th traffic light beyond the traffic lights at the exit ramps (second traffic light after you get to the top of the hill).

Model Railroad Clubs in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina

Atlantic Coast S Gaugers, Hillsborough NC

Carolina Piedmont Division, NMRA Mid-Eastern Region, Apex NC

Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Club, Raleigh NC

North Carolina Garden Railway Society, Raleigh NC

North Carolina LEGO Train Club, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill NC

The Sipping & Switching Society of North Carolina, Boone and Raliegh NC

Click on the bolded link to access the club's web site.

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