Steaming Through Time: 8 Classic Arizona Train Shops Packed With Vintage Locomotives and Track

A full-size Santa Fe 4-8-4 steam locomotive sits in a park just steps from one of the shops on this list. Inside the store, the trains are small enough to fit in your hand. I love that contrast more than I can explain. Arizona still has a handful of brick-and-mortar train shops. They stock HO and N scale engines, boxes of track, and the tiny parts that make a layout feel real. One even shares space with a hardware store. Another sits on a famous Old West street, selling old trains next to handma