| For the past year I've been compiling a list of model | | | | Collectible Caboose in Cedar Park, Dibble's Hobbies in |
| train stores for my model railroading website. These | | | | San Antonio, Hal's Hobby Warehouse in El Paso, |
| shops all look like fantastic places to visit, but what are | | | | Kerbey Lane Doll Shoppe in Austin, Mikes Hobby Shop |
| the most popular? Here is a list for the great state of | | | | in Carrollton, and Wild Bill's Hobby Shop in Irving. |
| Texas. | | | | Nice to see that the four biggest cities in Texas all |
| The most popular model railroading shops (based on | | | | have great train shops with Houston, Austin, Dallas, and |
| online chatter) in the state of Texas are: | | | | San Antionio all in the top 10. However, Houston looks |
| 10. Model Train Crossing in Hurst | | | | like "train city" in Texas with almost a third of the top |
| 9. Papa Ben's Train Place in Houston | | | | stores being there. |
| 8. Rebel Hobbies in San Antonio | | | | Also in Texas be sure to visit some of the great |
| 7. Midlothian Hobbies in Midlothian | | | | railroading museums including Amarillo Railroad |
| 6. RC Hobby Shop in Sugar Land | | | | Museum in Amarillo, Greenville Railroad Museum in |
| 5. Victoria Hobby Shop in Victoria (tie for fourth place) | | | | Greenville, and Railway Museum of San Angelo in San |
| 4. Larry's Hobbies in Houston (tie for fourth place) | | | | Angelo. |
| 3. Collectible Trains and Toys in Dallas | | | | I compiled this list by searching for the hobby shops |
| 2. King's Hobby in Austin | | | | listed on a number of search engines and ranking them |
| ...and the most popular shop for model trains in Texas | | | | by the number of web pages, discussion forums, |
| is... | | | | photos, videos, etc that are available online. I further |
| 1. G and G Model Shop in Houston | | | | screened this list to include only pages that mentioned |
| Hobby shops not quite making my top 10 were | | | | model railroading. |