The "Wall of Trains". Our 75' long model train show display

Coast Stalight meets the Margarita Local at downtown Paso Robles, CA

Unlike a lot of others selling model trains, I'm a bona fide train nut.  Back in the 1960's, I used to walk from junior high school down to the train station in Closter, NJ, (pop. 4000) and wait for the local freight and the 3 evening passenger trains to come through.  I thought the GP-7's, RS-3's, Stillwell passenger cars, and the 9 local businesses that had freight rail service, would last forever. (Today...no passenger trains, and 2 freight rail customers left.)  I did manage to purchase the train station signs that once proudly displayed "CLOSTER", after the station was converted to a residence, years later.

My model train interest (I hate to admit it) started with dad buying a Lionel train set in the 1960's.  It was packed away after the 1st holiday season of use, and I was the only one interested in getting it out again.  After a while, that Lionel New Haven EP-5 (I had never seen a real one) had to go, so I traded it at a local train store for a GP-7.  Then I managed to buy a set of Lionel trains from a kid in school.  Among other things, I gained an NW-2, another engine that typically came thru town on the local freight.  This was the fledgling beginning of a model train business.

Today we have most of our eastern railroad inventory in Drexel Hill, PA, and the Western railroad stuff in  Paso Robles, CA. Presently, the routing is 6 weeks in PA...3 weeks in CA...6 weeks in PA...etc...although it varies, and is often built around train show schedules.

We sell at about 20 train shows a year, all in PA, NJ, MD, or CA, with our 65' to 85' long "wall of trains".   At the huge York, PA show, we are the meet staff for the Brown Hall, and have our 750 sq foot booth there.

As my original interest was (and still is) with real trains, our model business mainly is with good quality real scale models of the real thing. No, we don't have aquarium cars, or cop and hobo cars.  We have a few commemorative cars at times, as we acquire them as part of larger purchases.  But mostly...it's O gauge models of the real thing.  I also have a pretty good knowledge of real railroads, which helps our customers.  We know the real difference between a GP7 and a GP9 or an RSD12 and an RSD15.  We know BLT dates, shop dates, COTS data, and accurate paint schemes.  Our Railway Equipment Register library goes back to the 1940's. And, yes, we know the difference between 2 rail and 3 rail model trains. 

Our personal collection is mostly 2 rail:  at shows we sell mostly 3 rail.  Mail order has been about 50/50.  Our 2 rail clientele has been growing as more modelers find out that we stock 2 rail, convert freight and passenger cars between 3 rail and 2 rail when possible, and "We know trains".  Thanks for looking at our eBay auctions and store. It's a very small part of what we actually have in stock (a couple hundred engines, and 2000+ freight cars)

If you need a specific car or engine for a particular railroad, feel free to call or email us.

Unfortunately, we've never had time to put together a web site.  We just now have finally had the time to put together an eBay store and some auctions. You will also see a smattering of my other interest in collectibles in our store...Advertising and kitchenware.

Thanks for you business,

Beth Marshall

Owner, The Public Delivery Track

P.S.  "Public Delivery Track" is the Pennsylvania RR name for a team track, or station track, as any other railroad would call it.