Iron Horse Hobby House — Local services in Reading

Let me start off by saying that...I am not a BIG TIME Model Railroad Hobbyist in terms of Size of Layout and $$$ spent...BUT...these guys have made it MUCH EASIER over the last couple of yrs to PACK AS MUCH "BANG FOR MY BUCK" INTO MY 4'X6' SEASONAL "N" GAUGE LAYOUT!!! Steve, Bob (and any others there) are always RIGHT ON THE BUTTON with Answers and Guidance, inside is VERY CLEAN and ORGANIZED, Plenty of what you're looking for (Not just Model RR either...All other Hobbies), Avg. to Better Prices and some HARDER TO FIND STUFF! Only CONS to this shop is that they cut back on DAYS/HOURS yrs back (Just like every other Hobby Shop) but are still BETTER THAN THE REST...And they DON'T RUSH YOU OUT AROUND CLOSING TIME, until you get what you need! (The LATER is usually a PET PEEVE of mine!) The other CON is that the City of Reading has GONE WITH "TOTALLY APP DRIVEN PARKING" so a POCKET BULGING WITH QUARTERS WON'T HELP...BUT A "SMARTPHONE WITH THE APP" WILL...if you want to spend more than 5 mins! NOTE: THE STORE HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE LATER ISSUE! "KUDOS BIG TIME GUYS!!!"...(My Wife even likes going in there now...which is a BIG PLUS for you...

I'm new to the world of RC, there are so many options and brands that it seemed overwhelming at first. I have a difficulty with hearing so my wife called various shops in the area with questions that I had about certain makes and models. After a bad experience with a shop close to home I found Iron Horse on google. They were awesome so I had my wife order an RC crawler for my son for Christmas and arranged with the shop for me to pick it up on my lunch break. I ran in and grabbed it and had a short chat with the shop about some other crawlers. Today I had my wife call and ask some questions again and the staff was knowledgeable and polite even though she was relaying info back and forth between us. I liked the shop so much I ended up buying another crawler for myself, they even had the LED light kit for the model in stock to go with it. I can't recommend this place enough, I look forward to continued...

Just found Iron Horse a short while ago, great hobby shop, with people who know their stuff and couldn't be more helpful. I had a few older DC engines converted to DCC, with lights and sound and they did a great job. Also, I asked about an engine that was coming out and they ordered it for me. If they don't have it they will get it for you. Very clean and well organized hobby shop. Paint racks filled with lots of selection. They have RC cars, planes and drones; model railroad engines, rolling stock, track, scenery and electronics in O, HO and N scale: also model planes, tanks and ships. Worth the 45 minute drive from King of...