I think so too! Lionel has done some incredible things over these past 10 years and it's amazing they are about to celebrate the 125th! I cannot wait to see what Lionel comes out with next! Another hope is Lionel goes west! Happy Railroading 🚂!!
@@will2926 anything Lionel has made in the past decade is absolute made in China garbage... Post war (1945-1969) is when their trains were top notch, made in USA. I appreciate your video, so don't get me wrong, I just don't agree that Lionel has gotten better over the years... (An awesome anniversary set 75 yrs, hahaha) Trash
Thank you! It was a once in a lifetime moment! You guys have a great team! I'm a fan of Geocaching too! Funny story my major is in Geology and Geocaching was so fun in college! Happy railroading 🦁🚂!
I wish I can tell Ralph macchio and all of the cobra Kai cast and cobra Kai kid about the Lionel trains store that I should go with and show them the all of the trains and the Thomas and friends stuff and the Disney trains and the toy story train that came out in toy story 3 and the Mickey Mouse train and the polar express and the Harry Potter hogwarts express
I flew out to the Lionel Store last December. I was just as amazed as you were. It's like heaven for a Lionel Train lover. Prices are pretty good as well.
It was a magical experience! Seeing the store for the first time I was in shock! I really felt like I was transported back into the postwar era where these types of stores were common! The prices were outstanding and the staff was very professional and a joy to work with!
Yes I completely agree! With Lionel opening a store in Nashville this will show Lionel that these retail stores are a great idea and will expand out west!
Thank you!! Yes it is!! So Lady Lionel and I just went to Soda Con this past weekend and it crazy to see other "nerd out" shows like Cons or train shows. Train shows and stores are absolutely a place to have fun and potentially get a locomotive!!! Happy Railroading!!!
I was just there 3 days ago. I live 30 mins away and trek up there for lunch and to visit Lionel and BassPro. Got rid of all my HO several years ago to switch to O-scale and don’t regret it a bit. Great store and products! Thanks for the video!
That is awesome! I would be there so much if I lived closer! Definitely one of the best train stores I've ever been to! I've been with O scale forever! Be on the lookout for more videos in the future!
Will - thank you for the video! It inspired me to do my own road trip from Atlanta to Concord today. I got a fantastic deal on that very last set you saw sitting there in the big box. You're right, the guys running the store are the best and are happy to help.
Hey! Congratulations!!! I heard from the staff about it. That's so awesome you found the train you were looking for! I love store tours because it gives us a glimpse into the store and maybe they have something we are looking for!! Happy railroading 🦁🚂!
Yes you need to make a trip to that store! Thank you! Who knows maybe we will take another trip and get something else! Or maybe we will do Ladies choice and Lady Lionel will get to choose!
I'm happy to live near a long running train/hobby shop called Nicholas Smith Trains. I haven't had a model train set since I was in my teens but now that I'm in my mid-30s, I'd love to get back into it at some point.
Nicholas Smith's is a great store!!! It's never too late to get back in this amazing hobby! I recommend getting a train set right away!! Happy railroading!!
My mouth is watering right now! That store is a mecca for orange and blue blooded O-gaugers. I wish they would re-make the Lionel bar stool. The ones from the 1990s are selling for $300 each - if you can find them.
Great Video!! That was hilarious near the end: “Look there’s a name on the box there…” lol…. Great endorsement for the store there! It looks amazing. All new stuff! Totally neat! Would be neat to visit. They need a few out west ( Seattle / Western Canada - Calgary) Home of CP Rail.
What an awesome store visit video. It’s a good thing I don’t live in the Concord area. My wife and wallet would not be very happy. Thanks for sharing your visit.
Thank you! I'm very lucky that Lady Lionel loves trains as well! However, there are times I need to watch my spending! We all share that in this hobby!! Hahahah
I am drawn to the actual store merchandizing materials. Would love to have the Lionel layout table with bridge-motif arches. Also love the big Lionel wording in the front of the store windows.
They have great layouts at the store! My first layout I went to Home Depot and had custom paint colors made of the Lionel Colors (Blue, Tan, & Orange). That is a great way to put some color to the layout! Happy railroading 🦁🚂!
That's awesome you had a 4x8 layout! Build another one! HO scale has had so many upgrades and now it's super detailed! O gauge is definitely more expensive than HO. However, the products that Lionel are the best! Happy Railroading!!
Absolutely! I would 100% recommend going! One of the best train stores I've ever been to! If you ask Lady Lionel she can tell you how many I've been too! hahaha Happy railroading 🦁🚂!
Hello I'm a new follower on your page and I just wanted to say I love the video's you do of Lionel trains. I'm hoping they put one here in the Chattanooga mall so that I can add to my 2 sets. I have the Polar Express and the Harry Potter G scale sets and I've been looking for the Christmas box car that go's with the Polar Express train set but every one is sold out. If you find one can you let me know.
Randy & Jen, thank you so much for the support!! So they just opened a Lionel Store at the Opry Hills Mall in Nashville! Not too far away!! As for the G Scale Boxcar, I did do some research and it looks like that item (7-11541) was a special released 10th anniversary Boxcar so it might be hard to find. However, thats the thrill of the hunt!! BOLO for next year, its the 20th Anniversary of the Polar Express!!! Happy Railroading 🚂!!
What a cool store and video! I'm up in Michigan and toured the Lionel when they were in Chesterfield Michigan. I hated it when they closed and moved! When there I saw the 1999 Corvette GP-7 train set on display. A few years later I found a NOS set and was able to buy it. Nothing like seeing stuff in person over a catalog.
Yeah the Retail Store is great! The staff there are awesome to work with too! After going to the Roval 400, I'm starting to get interested in NASCAR. Happy Railroading 🚂!
Lionel needs a new American Flyer catalog dedicated to A.C. Gilbert. A lot of history to be learned to educate the later generations about Gilbert as well as Lione
I used to see s scale in some of the lionel catalogs.When I was a kid even thou I didn't know of american flyer at the time. And even in Christmas JC PENNY catalogs.
I agree with you here! Lionel needs to go back to having a devoted American Flyer catalog with new tooling and products. There is a great market for S Scale and our hobby is continuing to grow. Maybe in the future Lionel will bring out new products!
I have seen Lionel make some great HO sets recently! The fact that there is a train store in modern America in a mall is incredible! I truly felt like I got transported back to the postwar era! :)
I'm not sure that Lionel will release N scale items in the future. That would be really interesting though. Can you imagine a vision line N scale Big Boy!?!
With how successful this store is I'm sure Lionel will start opening up more and more. This upcoming store in Nashville is going to be great opportunity for Lionel and TN is a great area for our hobby!
I'm trying to work out my schedule so I will be able to attend the HQ and Warehouse tour on the 26th and will try to make it out for the swap meets! What about you!?
I completely understand and can relate to this. I move quite often and finding a great train store can be very difficult. With Lionel opening a store in Nashville this is a great opportunity to show Lionel we need more store like this one. If you are even in the area I recommend stopping by!
@@will2926 well im in nw alabama and its really a far drive from here to concord and if i go to the nashville store when it opens ill request they put one around my area
This is great! The Lionel store in Nashville should be called the Nascar Store... I wasn't very excited to go to Nashville until I heard they had a Lionel store, I was so disappointed, it was the direct opposite of this, that stores focus is on Nascar. I get it, they are close to the race track, but ewww, no need to ever return to that store again. I would love to go to this store in Concord, but I haven't been to NC in probably 28 years since I got out of the Marines and left Two Rivers base there.
I'm originally from the Southwest and I remember Albuquerque use to have 3-4 model train stores. Now I think there is only one left. The Southwest needs great stores. We have the UP, SP, ATSF and so many great RR's there!
Hahah i do! You are correct I dont have a love for AF but I do appreciate it. Also my dad is a hughe AF fan. Used to be an O Gauge fan than saw the 2 rails haha Happy Railroading!🚂
Currently Lionel does distribute products made here in the USA. As for if they are the same as postwar locomotives its user preference. I'm a huge postwar collector/operator. While they are not the same as they used to be they are better in many ways! Happy Railroading 🚂 🦁!
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I think J.L.Cowen would be thrilled to see his trains displayed and sold like this; more popular than ever.
I think so too! Lionel has done some incredible things over these past 10 years and it's amazing they are about to celebrate the 125th! I cannot wait to see what Lionel comes out with next! Another hope is Lionel goes west! Happy Railroading 🚂!!
@@will2926 anything Lionel has made in the past decade is absolute made in China garbage... Post war (1945-1969) is when their trains were top notch, made in USA. I appreciate your video, so don't get me wrong, I just don't agree that Lionel has gotten better over the years... (An awesome anniversary set 75 yrs, hahaha) Trash
Sir ! You are very Blessed to have a Woman to enjoy your Passion for Toy Trains , Wishing the both of you Health and Happiness
Yes I am! Super blessed, she is my one and only firewoman! Thank you & Happy Railroading 🦁🚂!!
Awesome video! Thanks for stopping by the building today and getting your picture in the CEO chair today!
Thank you! It was a once in a lifetime moment! You guys have a great team! I'm a fan of Geocaching too! Funny story my major is in Geology and Geocaching was so fun in college! Happy railroading 🦁🚂!
While I'm not a fan of Lionel, simply because I don't do O-scale, having a whole store like this is super cool.
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Just the fact that there is a retail store in modern time in our malls was awesome!!! I would 100% recommend going!
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I wish I can tell Ralph macchio and all of the cobra Kai cast and cobra Kai kid about the Lionel trains store that I should go with and show them the all of the trains and the Thomas and friends stuff and the Disney trains and the toy story train that came out in toy story 3 and the Mickey Mouse train and the polar express and the Harry Potter hogwarts express
I flew out to the Lionel Store last December. I was just as amazed as you were. It's like heaven for a Lionel Train lover. Prices are pretty good as well.
It was a magical experience! Seeing the store for the first time I was in shock! I really felt like I was transported back into the postwar era where these types of stores were common! The prices were outstanding and the staff was very professional and a joy to work with!
Extraordinary lionel train store tour you have an awesome youtube channel God bless you and your family
Thank you Sir! I greatly appreciate it!!! Be blessed and Happy railroading 🦁🚂!
Glad you loved our store !
We absolutely loved it! We can't wait to visit you guys again!!! Happy Railroading 🚂🦁
Wish California had a Lionel store, COME ONE LIONEL WE HAVE TRAIN PEOPLE AS WELL!!!
Yes I completely agree! With Lionel opening a store in Nashville this will show Lionel that these retail stores are a great idea and will expand out west!
We all need hobbies to “nerd out” on! This hobby appears pricey though. Fun video, enjoyed it and your enthusiasm!!
Thank you!! Yes it is!! So Lady Lionel and I just went to Soda Con this past weekend and it crazy to see other "nerd out" shows like Cons or train shows. Train shows and stores are absolutely a place to have fun and potentially get a locomotive!!! Happy Railroading!!!
The mall is very close to Charlotte Motor Speedway, probably why there's so much racing stuff in the store.
One thing I didn't know is Lionel is the official Die Cast of Nascar!
Great Video! Thanks! Got my first Lionel Train set in 1954 ! Bought my daughter and grandson Lionel Trains ! Love the store!
That is so cool! Thanks for sharing! Keep your family involved in our awesome hobby! Happy Railroading!
I was just there 3 days ago. I live 30 mins away and trek up there for lunch and to visit Lionel and BassPro. Got rid of all my HO several years ago to switch to O-scale and don’t regret it a bit. Great store and products! Thanks for the video!
That is awesome! I would be there so much if I lived closer! Definitely one of the best train stores I've ever been to! I've been with O scale forever! Be on the lookout for more videos in the future!
I feel the exact same experience as what you felt. There’s nothing wrong with loving Lionel trains! Hopefully one day I’ll visit the place.
100%! I and others absolutely love Lionel! I recommend going to this store. You will have an amazing time! Happy railroading 🦁🚂!
@@will2926I’ll say. The environment there would change everything than where I’m at now!
Will - thank you for the video! It inspired me to do my own road trip from Atlanta to Concord today. I got a fantastic deal on that very last set you saw sitting there in the big box. You're right, the guys running the store are the best and are happy to help.
Hey! Congratulations!!! I heard from the staff about it. That's so awesome you found the train you were looking for! I love store tours because it gives us a glimpse into the store and maybe they have something we are looking for!! Happy railroading 🦁🚂!
Looks like you had a fun time! Can't wait to see the one in Nashville
It's going to be great in Nashville! Super jealous you are going to have one so close! You should come up and we can both go!
@@will2926 Absolutely! When I get some time we will have to go
Amazing video Guys! Thanks for the tour!!!
Thank you!! Check it out if you are in the area!! Happy Railroading!!
Very cool. It’s definitely on my list of places I gotta visit . Thanks for the tour . Congrats on the acquisition!
Yes you need to make a trip to that store! Thank you! Who knows maybe we will take another trip and get something else! Or maybe we will do Ladies choice and Lady Lionel will get to choose!
I'm happy to live near a long running train/hobby shop called Nicholas Smith Trains. I haven't had a model train set since I was in my teens but now that I'm in my mid-30s, I'd love to get back into it at some point.
do you live in broomall?
Nicholas Smith's is a great store!!! It's never too late to get back in this amazing hobby! I recommend getting a train set right away!! Happy railroading!!
I do not.
Great to see a brand new American Flyer set in a retail store!
Absolutely!! They recently changed the American Flyer shelves and it looks incredible! If you are in the area check it out!! Happy Railroading 🚂!
Cool tour! My wife and I are going Charlotte to visit her brother. Gotta check this out while I'm there.
Absolutely make a trip to the store! Have a great time and who know maybe you will leave with a locomotive! :)
Thank you for sharing this with us. I live right over the border in South Carolina. I need to come visit soon
Absolutely please do! The store and staff was incredible. Very professional and who know maybe you will leave with a locomotive! Happy railroading 🦁🚂!
I didn't even know this place existed! Thanks for making the video :-)
It definitely does! I recommend going and checking it out! There is also a store in Nashville, TN. Happy Railroading!
My mouth is watering right now! That store is a mecca for orange and blue blooded O-gaugers. I wish they would re-make the Lionel bar stool. The ones from the 1990s are selling for $300 each - if you can find them.
Every time I've been to the store my mouth drops! You said it right! This store is the place to be!! I'm on the hunt for those chairs too!!
Great Video!! That was hilarious near the end: “Look there’s a name on the box there…” lol….
Great endorsement for the store there! It looks amazing. All new stuff! Totally neat! Would be neat to visit. They need a few out west ( Seattle / Western Canada - Calgary) Home of CP Rail.
What an awesome store visit video. It’s a good thing I don’t live in the Concord area. My wife and wallet would not be very happy. Thanks for sharing your visit.
Or your wife would want you to get your own place!
Thank you! I'm very lucky that Lady Lionel loves trains as well! However, there are times I need to watch my spending! We all share that in this hobby!! Hahahah
Hahahahah!
I am drawn to the actual store merchandizing materials. Would love to have the Lionel layout table with bridge-motif arches. Also love the big Lionel wording in the front of the store windows.
They have great layouts at the store! My first layout I went to Home Depot and had custom paint colors made of the Lionel Colors (Blue, Tan, & Orange). That is a great way to put some color to the layout! Happy railroading 🦁🚂!
Cool tour & Hi from Michigan 🚂
Thank you! Hello from SC! Happy Railroading 🚂!
I am new to the train seen. Used to have Ho 4×8 set table when i was a kid. I had no idea how much this stuff cost its nuts.
That's awesome you had a 4x8 layout! Build another one! HO scale has had so many upgrades and now it's super detailed! O gauge is definitely more expensive than HO. However, the products that Lionel are the best! Happy Railroading!!
Looks like an awesome store.
It really is! I would definitely make a trip to the store if you are in the area!
Nice video. Thanks for posting.
Thank you! Definitely check out the LCCA videos! Happy Railroading!!
That's CRAZY!
Yes it was! I actually went back a second time just because I was in such shock that I didn't get to get everything!
@@will2926 Denied! 😣
Way Cool !
Absolutely! I would 100% recommend going! One of the best train stores I've ever been to! If you ask Lady Lionel she can tell you how many I've been too! hahaha Happy railroading 🦁🚂!
Well there goes the Kids Inheritance!!
Hahaha this comment made Lady Lionel and I laugh so hard! Hahaha
Hello I'm a new follower on your page and I just wanted to say I love the video's you do of Lionel trains. I'm hoping they put one here in the Chattanooga mall so that I can add to my 2 sets. I have the Polar Express and the Harry Potter G scale sets and I've been looking for the Christmas box car that go's with the Polar Express train set but every one is sold out. If you find one can you let me know.
Randy & Jen, thank you so much for the support!! So they just opened a Lionel Store at the Opry Hills Mall in Nashville! Not too far away!! As for the G Scale Boxcar, I did do some research and it looks like that item (7-11541) was a special released 10th anniversary Boxcar so it might be hard to find. However, thats the thrill of the hunt!! BOLO for next year, its the 20th Anniversary of the Polar Express!!! Happy Railroading 🚂!!
I’m an HO scale person, but I’d visit this store!
Who knows maybe you will find something! I do know Lionel makes HO products!
I loveeeeeee that clearance table, got some of those Santa Fe shadow line cars for $150!
Wow really!?!? That's awesome! Yeah this store was incredible and the trains were everywhere! They also had Lionel Legacy locomotives on sale too!
I just visited this store from California and carried trains on plane home back to sac
What a cool store and video! I'm up in Michigan and toured the Lionel when they were in Chesterfield Michigan. I hated it when they closed and moved! When there I saw the 1999 Corvette GP-7 train set on display. A few years later I found a NOS set and was able to buy it. Nothing like seeing stuff in person over a catalog.
Man, I have such good memories of touring that place as a Cub Scout...really wish they were still up here.
I was there 1st of Oct. grabbed a Lion chief ATSF FT loco for $75 a deal!! The store is about 30% die cast race cars too.
Yeah the Retail Store is great! The staff there are awesome to work with too! After going to the Roval 400, I'm starting to get interested in NASCAR. Happy Railroading 🚂!
@@will2926 I was there for the Roval but got really sick and ended up in ER. We made it to Martinsville race...WOW....a great place
Lionel needs a new American Flyer catalog dedicated to A.C. Gilbert. A lot of history to be learned to educate the later generations about Gilbert as well as Lione
I used to see s scale in some of the lionel catalogs.When I was a kid even thou I didn't know of american flyer at the time. And even in Christmas JC PENNY catalogs.
I agree with you here! Lionel needs to go back to having a devoted American Flyer catalog with new tooling and products. There is a great market for S Scale and our hobby is continuing to grow. Maybe in the future Lionel will bring out new products!
@will2926 BTW I live about 31 miles from this store.I from monroe the next fair sized town over.Once served by the Seaboard Air line railroad now CSX.
@@will2926where is that store
I am more of an HO guy myself, but I would so make a trip across the country for the experience.
I have seen Lionel make some great HO sets recently! The fact that there is a train store in modern America in a mall is incredible! I truly felt like I got transported back to the postwar era! :)
13:21 if I go there, I would love to see the Polar Express section, I really want that freight set right there
You can check with the Concord store and see if they have what you are looking for! The staff there is so helpful! Happy Railroading!
Looks like a groovy store!
It is a "groovy" store! I can't believe we were able to go! I felt like we went back in time to the Postwar era! We had such a great time!
When Lionel releases N scale products, that's when I'll be interested.
I'm not sure that Lionel will release N scale items in the future. That would be really interesting though. Can you imagine a vision line N scale Big Boy!?!
That would be nice but if the promotion is the same as American Flyer, I wouldn't give it much hope.
I wish that Florida had a lionel store as well
With how successful this store is I'm sure Lionel will start opening up more and more. This upcoming store in Nashville is going to be great opportunity for Lionel and TN is a great area for our hobby!
Great videos guys. Just curious, noticed you pointed out G, S and will obviously O gauge but did they have HO gauge? Were the stools for sale?
Yes, Lionel HO gauge should be in that huge store because the catalogs have had HO for years now.
I will confirm but I do know Lionel makes HO products. I did talk to the staff and with it being a retail store they do move around a lot of products.
Will you be attending the LCCA convention in Concord next week? Tours and mod galore.
I'm trying to work out my schedule so I will be able to attend the HQ and Warehouse tour on the 26th and will try to make it out for the swap meets! What about you!?
@@will2926 I will be there, I live in the area and go to the store quite often.
I took my LCCA members to the store Saturday morning then his lift for his power chair broke. So he could not go to the train show that day.
I'm sorry to hear about that. Hopefully soon he will be able to go to this amazing store!! Happy Railroading!!
they need stores nationwide and one in my town being i have to order all my stuff online 😢
I completely understand and can relate to this. I move quite often and finding a great train store can be very difficult. With Lionel opening a store in Nashville this is a great opportunity to show Lionel we need more store like this one. If you are even in the area I recommend stopping by!
@@will2926 well im in nw alabama and its really a far drive from here to concord and if i go to the nashville store when it opens ill request they put one around my area
Wow
Thank you! Hope you enjoy the channel!! Happy Railroading!!
Pretty cool, I would like to go there sometime
Yes!! It's an awesome store and I would 100% make a trip there! Who knows maybe you may buy a locomotive!!
@@will2926 I have one already but if I find one at a decent price, then that would be cool, I usually run my trains with just transformer only
I love the store, when were you there. I see a christmas tree in the window?
He was there in July. I think the 12th
I was there mid-July and Lionel was celebrating Christmas in July! Thank you & Happy Railroading 🦁🚂!!
This is great! The Lionel store in Nashville should be called the Nascar Store... I wasn't very excited to go to Nashville until I heard they had a Lionel store, I was so disappointed, it was the direct opposite of this, that stores focus is on Nascar. I get it, they are close to the race track, but ewww, no need to ever return to that store again. I would love to go to this store in Concord, but I haven't been to NC in probably 28 years since I got out of the Marines and left Two Rivers base there.
That's Smart.
With Lionel opening the Nashville store the hope is the two stores will show Lionel that the demand for more retail stores is a great idea!
I'm hopeful that this mall doesn't close down like every other mall actually starting to close down
Come to Arizona we don't have any O gauge train stores
I'm originally from the Southwest and I remember Albuquerque use to have 3-4 model train stores. Now I think there is only one left. The Southwest needs great stores. We have the UP, SP, ATSF and so many great RR's there!
Where is this store?
This store is located in Concord, NC. Happy Railroading!
Credit card damage ahead!!😂
Extreme card damage hahah😂 especially last December! Happy Railroading 🚂!
I Hope Lionel Retail Store Also Opens In Asia And The Philippines
We can only hope Lionel goes global! Happy Railroading!
They have the price stickers on their boxes just any where. No uniformity.
I just caught my credit card jump out of my wallet while watching this video.
He doesn't care too much about American Flyer!
Hahah i do! You are correct I dont have a love for AF but I do appreciate it. Also my dad is a hughe AF fan. Used to be an O Gauge fan than saw the 2 rails haha Happy Railroading!🚂
you skip the coolest thing, the john deere stuff
Dang!!! Next time I head there I'll get some images and/or put it in the next video! Happy Railroading!!
What a shame MTH sold off their tooling. They gave you more bank for your buck than Lionel.
Well order a cheap Chinese crap or are they actually made like they used to be
Currently Lionel does distribute products made here in the USA. As for if they are the same as postwar locomotives its user preference. I'm a huge postwar collector/operator. While they are not the same as they used to be they are better in many ways! Happy Railroading 🚂 🦁!
It's mostly made in China along with MTH and Atlas products.