Roy’s Train World

Roy’s Train World has a wide selection of O, S, HO and N gauge model trains, along with many hard to find books.
Given our location in the southwest, they have a bunch of Union Pacific, old Santa Fe and Southern Pacific rolling stock and diesel engines, see photos. But, they also have some Canadian Pacific, Penn Central, CTA and other lines as well. Roy’s will also take old model trains on consignment to sell.
I have found Roy’s to be a great toy train store, run by a very friendly, knowledgeable owner. If you are making a trip to they Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler, I would recommend stopping here. If only to checkout the models of what you just saw in real scale.
Enjoy!

I bought a train set here for my son for Christmas. He passed away due to cancer unable to use the train. Roy’s Train World would not take back the unopened train set. Heartless.

Really neat store for anything model train-​related.
I have a 40-​year old Lionel train that needed a part to work again — This store had the part, and the gentleman that was working there was extremely helpful and kind.
Great place!

Excellent railroad shop. I use them for terrain supplies as they seem to have the best selection in SE valley.

This place has been around for years. It’s on the east side (right) of the street, a long gray building. The customer service is outstanding, very helpful and friendly. They also do maintainance and repairs on most train models. They really know their trains, what scale is best for what age, model differences, etc. And a huge selection of most scales. If you need train stuff go there!

A great local train store My dad and I Have ben going since I moved here 20 years.

You will absolutely miss this place if you’re not looking for it, or not stopped in traffic. Country Club Drive is a racetrack at this point, and this store is in a nondescript building with only a small mailbox on the curbside to denote its existence.
Inside you’ll find items for the 6-​year-​old boy you still are, or the 4-​year-​old boy whose birthday party you are shopping for. The selections here are pricier than you may find at WalMart, but I think they get enough of my money and I prefer to keep the local shops open. Don’t you?
The clientele here is uniformly older gentlemen and younger moms. The older gentlemen are presumably retired and have time to work on model trains, or to reminisce on the years when train travel was THE way to travel. (Although our «friends» at TSA are hell-​bent on bringing that era back to us!) The younger moms are picking clean the selection of children’s train toys. It makes for a neat little environment, and the cats running around the store just add to the charm.
There used to be trains running on overhead tracks inside the store which would enthrall the kids. They have not been running the past few times I’ve been in there, although the overhead track appears to still be there. If they don’t return it would be a shame as the kids really did get a kick out of them.
As Grandpa Mustache once said, «You’ll shut ‘em up with trains.» He also said «trains made this country great, and now that they’re gone, everything stinks.» He also said some pretty weird things about the moon and Calvin Coolidge, but I’m pretty sure he was off his medication at the time, the poor soul. Anyhow, the part before all the craziness is true, you really will shut ‘em up with trains. And the train table provided inside the store will both clue you in to what sort of train-​related device the kids like, and will give you a moment’s peace with which to find said train-​related device. Brilliant.