The reports on the shops given so far are accurate-- for northeast Ohio standards (I am a native). I don't know where you are from, but Ohio standards PALE (to say the least) when compared to the shops in Jersey (even South Jersey) and Newark/Philadelphia. Anyone not modeling modern railroads can do no "window shopping" here. Thank God for e-Bay.
I'm from Southern California, and I'll admit that I'm probably spoiled by the likes of the Whistle Stop in Pasadena and Allied Hobbies down in Culver City. I was hoping that there might be at least one hobby shop in Ohio that I could escape to while visiting in-laws that I've never met up until now :-(
I've been informed that we'll be in the Columbus area as well when we're back there. Guess I'll have to get hold of the local yellow pages and see what's in the neighborhood...
