Long Live the Locomotive at Moorestown Hobby Shop
Barry Koehl and Barbara Gould are enjoying the ride with their business, BNB Hobby & Train Depot.
Growing up as a kid in Pennsauken, the holiday season was one of the best times of the year for Barry Koehl. Sure, a harness of reindeer pulled Santa's sleigh overflowing with gifts aplenty up to Koehl's every year—but there was another high point of the season at his home. “My father put up a Tyco train set every year right around Thanksgiving. It took up a lot of the living room—roughly about 7 by 10 feet,” says the Moorestown resident. “Then, when I got older, I had my own platform with trains. That’s when I acquired my train habit!” Take a walk down Camden Avenue in Moorestown, a few feet past Lenola Avenue, and there in an old storefront crammed with an array of trains, planes and automobiles, you'll find Koehl, 46, and his fiancé, …
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M'town Truth
8:52 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013
When I was a child I fondly remember spending many Saturdays in a "hobby shop" with my dad, as he browsed for items to use in his passion - RC model airplanes. It's nice to know there are still people like him around, and still hobby shops to accommodate them. more ›