Jeff, The two RR passenger cars are still there, as several non train Shoppe's failed in these cars.
The RR station is remodeled as they have a caboose there. Not sure this is open to the public as a museum. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Madden Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 6:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Gettysburg hobby shops (was Dan's New Website Online) Yes, Gilbert's Hobby Shop. When I lived in the eastern panhandle of WV, our group of modelers from Martinsburg and Hagerstown, MD would haunt the place about once a month. I got to be such steady eddies that Dick and Tommy would let us rummage through all the parts drawers. We often found parts (like old Varney HO parts) that they didn't even know they had. Just before Tommy took over and moved to the north side Dick even let us rummage in the warehouse behind the shop. Holy smokes the stuff we found in there. One bone of contention for many years was that Dick wouldn't take credit cards. As brass prices went up, he finally relented. I made many pilgrimages up there either with hobby buddies or family. Almost always the trip included a jaunt down to New Oxford to visit Paul's Hobby Shop (gone now too). That was the one with the two passenger cars and fake tower. There were a couple of diners in Gettysburg that were always the food stops - one right by the WM tracks. I'm not sure if Tommy's shop is still around. It turned into HO shop/arts and crafts store, not nearly as much fun. Jeff Madden On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Roger Nulton <[email protected]>wrote: > > > The old Gilberts had a huge selection of Civil War soldiers, for obvious > reasons. We never missed stopping in there when we were travelling in the > area, so I could add to my collection. Barely looked at the MRR stuff, as > I > think it was all HO. Thanks for the memories. > Roger Nulton > > From: Michael & Linda Marmer > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 1:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Dan's New Website Online > > Before it was Tommy Gilberts, as it off the beaten path in Gettysburg, it > was a mainstream hobbyshoppe on PA 97 going into town. > > It was know as Gilberts. > > If you have any old MR magazines you will see it listed in the back. > > I think the father died and the son, Tommy, just wanted to do Brass HO. > > Mike > > From: Ed Kozlowsky > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 4:47 PM > To: mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: Dan's New Website Online > > The only one I know in that area is Tommy Gilbert's. > > Ed Kozlowsky > Sanford, Maine > > --- On Tue, 2/15/11, Thomas Baker <mailto:bakert%40andrews.edu> wrote: > > From: Thomas Baker <mailto:bakert%40andrews.edu> > Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: Dan's New Website Online > To: "mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com"; <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 3:28 PM > > _____ > > Was Carver's the shop in Gettysburg that featured, as I recall, nothing > but > model railroad items. It was on the opposite end of town from the campus > of > Gettysburg College and the famous battlefield. > > Tom > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
