Model train shop reaches the end of the line?

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Жыл бұрын

A model train store could be pulling out of the station for the last time. Vancouver's Central Hobbies has been a place for mini-train enthusiasts to let off some steam since the 1980s but it maybe closing this June. We spoke to owner Hal Kinsey about his passion. Take a look.
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@ovrtrains2003 Жыл бұрын

The hobby is well alive, just as time passes business close, retire or shut down. All the best Hal.

@StarwarsFannick 5 ай бұрын

I was in that store with my friend about 2 years ago and well its sad to see something like that go. But times are changing.

@𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚎𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚂𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚑 Ай бұрын

I have been to that shop good guy.

@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623 Жыл бұрын

I remember the one on New Westminster called Pacific Scale Rail. that was also my favorite. These guys would all come to Cameron Center every year to hold the annual train model festival but recently not sure what happened to that.

@chris4321das 2 ай бұрын

That was a good one as well. It moved up the block (Auto Trader moved in) than unfortunately closed. A couple blocks away was another decent model (trains, etc.) store.

@realcanadian96 Жыл бұрын

Central hobbies has always remained my number #2 store... Sad to see it go.

@BCrailguy45 Жыл бұрын

For me number 1

@TheRealAnakinSkywalker66 Ай бұрын

I wish I could get my supply of model trains from him but I am all the way across the country

@stamtrax6067 Жыл бұрын

I wen't there once as a kid

@chris4321das 2 ай бұрын

Me too, more than once, when the store was at Kingsgate Mall 👍

@Pawel_Mrozek Жыл бұрын

This is how cities are draying. This is sad. Ecomerce is killing relations and passions. For example. I have one shop in my region when I could go and buy parts and materials to for 3d printing. Everything I could buy in Internet but only there I could sea what I am buying and ask a questions. Every time I go there I learn something useful. They could advice me if I have a problem.

@llywelynddraig853 Жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes and the lightbulb killed gas light which killed the candle.. yawn

@Pawel_Mrozek Жыл бұрын

@@llywelynddraig853 Light bulb was improvement for the society. Death of the city streets is no improvement. Maybe in US where there are lack of normal vibrant cities is no difference anyway but in Europe this is devastating.

@TrainsAreReallyCool Жыл бұрын

@drex44 E-commerce killed Niagara Hobby in Buffalo 4-5 years ago, and everything they had is now being sold off. Aside from the building still being there, only their caboose remains, albeit under a wrap and probably with a new owner. That place was my favorite hobby store to go to, and a staple of my childhood. I loved looking at their model train displays and model race cars. I really miss Niagara Hobby.

@chris4321das 2 ай бұрын

Actually, everything is moving online. Model railroading as a hobby is doing better than ever 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

@WarfareRail Жыл бұрын

been there multiple times, would be upsetting to see it disappear

@qwincyq6412 Жыл бұрын

Sad to see another hobby shop go. So much for personal service, advice, and community.

@himmydawg Жыл бұрын

$325 for a train!! 😮😮😮

@avlisk Жыл бұрын

And they are all made in China now because it's so much cheaper to manufacture them there! (Note: a $325 locomotive does have a decoder chip in it. A regular DC loco would be $100 less.)

@drby0788 Жыл бұрын

Best way to do it is to buy a DC loco and put a speaker, and decoder in it

@chris4321das 2 ай бұрын

These are *models* - not toys.

@jasontomica8938 Жыл бұрын

EBay is where it is and it's always like that all the time

@cherylsibson2529 Жыл бұрын

Ok so build a flying train, so why didn't anyone build a flying train from the movie " Back to the future" and made it a medical flying transport system? The future is ahead of us, so what's next?

@dirttdude Жыл бұрын

all kinds of specialty stores are closing or have closed, tons of them from the covid molehill turned covid mountain, a lot of restaurants but mostly gun stores.... Haven't been able to buy bullets for years

@deloresmackay9923 Жыл бұрын

Waaaaaaaa That’s too bad. I like that show top shop. No. 00 00000000.

@eldonphukuile Жыл бұрын

I am new to Canada. Would love to buy the store

@chris4321das 2 ай бұрын

Did you do it???? 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

@lovelacetunes 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this, but CBC, you’re no longer a “public” broadcast service, as you state in your description. Now you’re a mouthpiece for the government. Oh my beloved CBC, once so much greater.

@jonathanchester5916 2 ай бұрын

CBC is public because it wastes - I mean uses - our taxpayer money. Just don't try and use the comments section. Very woke, very repressive.

@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623 Жыл бұрын

These model trains are cool. the only problem is each of these high quality freight cars costed $30 each so to actually imitate a real life locomotive pulling 100 freight cars is going to cost you over $3000. on top of that you have to buy the locomotives that are in the hundred dollar range. on top of that you have to have a big space that can host your models. on top of that you have to buy the rails to make a railroad layout. that will cost another thousands of dollars. Too much. This was way back before the Skytrain ran through the area. I would take a metrotown bus from Burnaby. Then take the skytrain and walk a mile from Broadway station just to buy a $30 freight car that I saved up in highschool. All my hard earned money went into this $30 model. Good times though. I remember my dad didn't like this guy all because he denied him a refund lol.

@chris4321das 2 ай бұрын

He wasn't an overly friendly man and I've been shopping at Central Hobbies since when it was across the Kingsgate Mall 👍