Vendors

Internet "Local" Hobby Stores

I have bought stuff from many vendors over the years. Here are my primary sources:

Wig Wag Trains	I get most of my stuff from George & Debra Canham. There are a number of reasons for this: Great prices They respond to every email Almost flawless accuracy over hundreds of items It's simply easy to deal with them this way. All of my advance reservations are placed here.
4NScale (Rio Grande Hobbies)	Another place that has great prices, an extensive website and delivers things reliably after you place your order.
Fifer Hobby Supply	I've only bought a few things from Mike Fifer. However, those items have arrived quickly and he also has an online inventory system which means that you know that you can get what you order quickly. On several occasions, I have found that he has decoders when others have not. Mike does have an online inventory count which is pretty useful.
Brooklyn Locomotive Works	Probably the lowest prices in general on the internet for N-Scale goods. But only by a hair. Pretty much Wig-Wag, 4NScale and BLW have similar pricing. Every order that I have placed here has always arrived in a timely fashion. The only problem I have is that I cannot ever remember them responding to an email inquiry about availability. Same thing with faxes too. Obviously, I could call, and I have done on occasion, but that's not the point. Still, that doesn't stop me from ordering from them when they have something I need that others do not have..
MB Klein	MB Klein has an extensive inventory of N-scale products. In addition, then have an online inventory system which appears to represent what they have on hand. Put it this way, I have bought things that have only one in stock according to the inventory count and, sure enough, it arrives quickly.
Litchfield Station	Litchfield Station bills themselves as Mr. DCC and have a DCC "university". Anyway, they are big into DCC stuff. Especially as Loy's Toys is no longer.
Walthers	Walthers is the author of the N & Z Model Railroad Reference Book, which pretty much describes a huge chunk of what is available in the market place. They also charge full list for everything, whereas most other internet vendors discount anything from 15% to 30%. If there is something at Walthers, then I general order it through my LHS, West Point Hobby in Redford (see LHS below).

Local Hobby Stores

There are quite a few LHS available in the local area, but only two that I actively shop at: