As beginners to the hobby, I feel Tom and Jeff are always welcoming and helpful. The store usually has what we need and if not, they are able to order the items quickly. My kids love to visit and see what new items they can find and see the ever changing displays.

Great hobby shop with a helpful and friendly staff

Great Selection Of HO Scale Model Trains, Staff Was Very Friendly & Helpful, Will Definitely Go Back If In The Area

Classic old-fashioned hobby shop!

Wouldt take time to tell me ir has products blew me off

Excellent customer service! Tom is always willing to help solve issues in an efficient and cost-effective manner. There are usually other model railroad e enthusiasts in the store to converse and consult with about most train-related issues and ideas.

Great little model train shop! Owner was very helpful and I found stuff I needed and didnt know I needed. Great prices too! A must go to place for you model train needed.

The most friendliest hobby shop I been in. Good prices. Owner very knowledgeable. My go to store for all my hobby needs

Great little shop. Had an issue with my DCC system and programming. They got it all straightened out for me and both of my engines running as they should. Bought a couple things while we were there. Never charged me for the programming issue. Great to talk with and shoot the bull also. Will definitely be coming back.

April 11 2020 was my first time at this hobby store. I’m just starting to get into Ho trains and I went here for some help on how to set up a train station. Great customer service I will be going back. 😎🤩👍🏾😊

Nice place for your model railroad needs. This is geared towards ho and n scale. Not everything under on roof but can order out your requests.

This is the go-to place for anything Model Train related. Im fairly new to the hobby, and Tom has been a huge help. His prices have almost always been as good, if not better than anywhere online, which is a huge plus!

Very special place.

Truly Wonderful People Who Provide Wonderful Prices and ServiceI met them via a chance purchase through eBay in 2017 and have been making the 200-mile round trip down to their brick and mortar store at least once a month ever since. Tom, the owner, always provides his bottom-line-up-front-pricing, which is nearly always the best prices youll find anywhere, whether brick and mortar stores or on the net. Tom gives great advice, and stands behind everything that he sells; he also is a great conversationalist who will always great smiles. Steve, the service technician, is basically a magician when it comes to evaluating, repairing, and making upgrades to your model train cars and locomotives; hes done DCC, sound, LED installations and other modifications to no less than 50 HO locomotives for me and Im like a kid on Christmas morning every time I go to pick them up. South Side Trains is simply a down-to-earth business with good old fashioned honest people operating the place who are looking to make people happy and maybe scrape out a living like the rest of us. These type good old American bedrock businesses still do exist, and Ill keep making the 200-mile round trip to get there.

This is a great spot for the model train enthusiast. Tom is a good guy, knows his stuff about his wares, and if he doesnt, will look them up with you right then and there. Always offers excellent prices, and on top of that will usually offer a discount. Primarily deals in HO scale model railroading, with a little bit of others present. Most likely what keeps the prices down. He has an eBay store also to get product out, but will order from practically any manufacturer for you here.

Tom and staff have fully supplied our structure business for many years. Rapid turn around. A trusted and true professional who cares!

Guy who runs the store is great can help with everything fixed my sons train for free I will go back for all my train need free or not thank u

Southside trains had what I wanted but just not enough of what I wanted . the rest are on order .

Im here all the time, I think I spend more here than I do on rent. Awesome that the owner is the person behind the counter. Very helpful, intuitive, and a good selection for the size of the store. If you have a question, someone there has the answer. Great place to get started in Model Trains!

Excellent model train store! Tom, the owner is very friendly and helpful. Tom is happy to order anything that is not already stocked in his store. Good selection of books and magazines too!

Great small train shop. Very helpful staff.

I look for excuses to stop by South Side Trains. Im building my first layout, and find myself coming with questions, needs for one more bottle of paint, or needing someone to fix something I cant. Great--really great--service, advice, conversation about specific train issues (when the place isnt the gathering spot for a gaggle of train nuts like me), excellent prices...and I always find some treasure in the used stuff. Its my go-to 90% of the time.

Good price points. Decent collection for the store size. Good place to stop for model trains if you are in the area and looking for some nice additions to your collection!

Best hobby shop in Milwaukee for HO trains and supplies. Tom is very knowledgeable and they do great repair/upgrade work as well.

Very friendly and knowledgeable. Nice selection of trains and buildings

Best hobby shop in town! I get to Milwaukee exactly one day a year for business. I used to waste my time at Walthers HQ up north until I went to South Side Trains. SST is the one stop shop for all your train needs. This is that old School type of shop that focuses on scale trains (sorry Lionel guys). Wish we had more shops like this around Chicago.

It is about the only place to get model railroad supplies in Milwaukee. The owner is very friendly and helpful.

Great model railroad hobby store, VERY knowledgable, helpful and great advice. excellent service, great price. wont do business with anyone else!

Tom is sharp as a tack and really knows his stuff inside and out. The store is clean well laid out and fun.

Private owned, awesome guy to deal with. Highly recommended shop. :)

Theyve got specialty new stuff as well as hard to find used items. Their volume and selection of eBay listed items is notable. Great parking and the owner is as helpful as he is knowledgeable.

Great variety of Trains & material available for a wonderful hobby. Very well organized!

Awesome store, large in house stock of ho scale freight cars.Staff is nice and knowledgeable

Prices are reasonable and Tom is a great guy I would go back anytime

Wouldnt go anywhere else for my trains!!! Tom is a great guy and will help you with anything you need!! I come from South Carolina just to visit this place!!

As usual, great shop, thanks Tom!

A great place for freight cars and supplies. I highly recommend stopping by.

Outstanding model railroad hobby shop!

Classic model train store. A real gem. Excellent selection, excellent service.

Always great customer service, one of the best hobby shops.

My guy goes here as he loves trains and owns many

I love this place I get most of my trains from here

Owner is really nice. I have a lot of really cool merchandise and antiques.

Excellent. Amazingly cheap prices

Excellent train hobby shop

Awesome place for model trains.

Love South Side Trains!

Favorite place for railfan literature!

Great store. :)

Very knowledgeable and great prices !

Great place tons of stuff in the store

A place that is dying bread.

Its a very friendly place to shop

Very helpful and courteous

Nice place