Whistle Stop Newsletter
Vol. 2 No. 6 February 17, 2006
Welcome to the Whistle Stop Trains newsletter. This newsletter will contain new product information, updates, and announcements. This newsletter will also include local activities involving model railroads, prototype information, and occasionally some fun stuff.
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I apologize for not sending out a newsletter last week. Whistle Stop did not receive many new products so I did not think it would be a very good newsletter. I have included the new items we receive last week and this week. Without further ado please enjoy.
Sale
All 2006 Calendars are now 50% off
All Weaver, Crown Model Products, and Intermountain O Scale 2-Rail and 3-Rail are 15% off
Back in Stock
MTH – Operating Left & Right hand Switches – O-31, O-54, and O-72 – Price: $49.95 (O-31) $59.95 (0-54) $69.95 (0-72)
Morning Sun Books – Southern Pacific: Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Vol. 2 – Price: $59.95
New Products
Miscellaneous
America by Rail – DVD 4 Pack – Colorado’s Scenic Train Rides, America by Rail: Route of the Southwest Chief, America by Rail: Winter Wonderland, and All Aboard the Potomaceagle – Price: $24.95
Trains Spectacular – DVD 4 Pack – America by Rail: The West Coast, America by Rail: The Heartland, Challenger 3985, and Ohio Steam Spectacular – Price: $24.95
Kids Love Trains – DVD 4 Pack – Awesome Trains, I Love Toy Trains: Best of Parts 1, 2, and 3, I wanna be a Train Engineer, The Alphabet Train – Price: $24.95
*NOTE* If you do not want to buy the sets you can buy each title separately for $11.95.
N Scale
Model Power - Metal 4-4-0 American Locomotive – Road name is NP – Retail Price: $145.00 Our Price: $130.95
Model Power – Metal USRA 2-8-2 Mikado Locomotive – Road name is SP – Retail Price: $165.00 Our Price: $148.95
Model Power – Metal USRA 4-6-2 Pacific w/ Vandy Tender – Road name is GN – Retail Price: $155.00 Our Price: $139.95
Tichy Train Group – Crew Car Kit – Price: $8.95
Tichy Train Group – Repair Car Kit – Price: $8.95
HO Scale
Accurail – 50’ Ext. Post Boxcar Kit– Road name is Milwaukee Road – Price: $10.98
Kadee Cars – PS-2 Covered Hopper 2-Bay, 2003 Cu. Ft. – Road name is N.A.H.X – Price: $40.95
Kadee Cars – 50’ PS-1 Box Car Single 9’ Youngstown – Road name is Central of Georgia – Price: $32.95
Kadee Cars - 40’ PS-1 Box Car Single 9’ Youngstown – Road name is Main Central Road – Price: $29.95
Proto 2000 Series – RS27 Locomotive w/ DCC – Road name is UP – Retail Price: $265.00 Our Price: $232.50
Proto 2000 Series – RS 27 Locomotive – Road names are UP & C&NW – Retail Price: $165.00 Our Price: $135.00
Athearn – BW Caboose Kit – The Road names are RI, Norfolk Southern, and Milwaukee Road – Price: $8.75 (RI) $9.25 (NS & Mil)
Precision Craft Models – Analog Control Module - $39.99
Laser-Art – Ellinor Tower Kit – Price: $59.98
Laser-Art – Station Platform Kit – Price: $26.50
Laser-Art – Santa Fe Station Kit – Price: $62.50
Intermountain (Pinnacle Series) – FMC 5283 Cu. Ft. Boxcar – Road names are BAR, Goldenwest, and Ontario Northland – Price: $31.95
Athearn (Genesis) – 60’ Gunderson Boxcar – Road name is TXX – Price: $25.98
Walthers (Cornerstone) – Interlocking Towers – Colors are Grey w/ Grey Trim, Brown w/ Green Trim, and Brown w/ Red Trim – Price: 19.98 (Brown) 24.98 (Grey)
Red Caboose – 100-Ton Evans Coil Car – Road name is Milwaukee Road – Price: $36.95
Roundhouse – EMD Model 40 Switchers – Road names are ATSF & SP – Retail Price: $69.98 (ATSF) $74.98 (SP) Our Price: $62.50 (ATSF) $67.50 (SP)
Atlas – Pressureaide Centerflow Hopper – Road names are Cargill, DSM Melamine America, Penick & Ford Limited, Corn Products, ADM Transportation Co. and Chicago Freight Car Leasing – Price: $27.95
O Scale (2-Rail)
Nothing new of O Scale (2-Rail) this week.
O Scale (3-Rail)
MTH (Rail King) – Flat Car w/ (2) 3100 Pickup w/ Stake Bed – The road name is Reading – Price: $39.95
MTH (Rail King) – Flat Car w/ (2) Red Classic VW Beetle – The road name is GN – Price: $39.95
MTH (Rail King) – Flat Car w/ (2) Fork Lifts w/ Pallets – The road name is Denver Rio Grande – Price: $39.95
Atlas O – USRA Double-Sheathed Box Car – Road name is Northwestern Pacific – Price: $64.95
Lionel – Downtown People – Price: $20.99
Lionel – Work Crew People – Price: $20.99
MTH (Rail King) – Cantilevered Signal Bridge – Price: $49.95
Lionel – PWC 2460 Crane Car – The road name is Lionel Lines – Price: $59.99
Steadi*Rest – Car and Locomotive Cradle – Price: $12.95
MTH – E-3 ABA w/ Proto 2 – Road name is ATSF – Price: $359.90
MTH – GP 30 w/ Proto 2 – Road name is BN – Price: $399.95
Books
Kalmbach Books – Tourist Trains 2006 – Price: $18.95
SP Historical & Technical Society – Bob Knoll’s Southern Pacific: The Southern Pacific Railroad Photos of J.R. Knoll – Price: $39.95
Local Activities/Events
The Great Western & Atlantic Train Show
*THIS WEEKEND*
Saturday & Sunday, February 18th-19th, 2006 - Located in Portland, OR. The show will take place at the EXPO Center at 2060 N. Marine Drive. Admission is $8.00 and free for children under 12. The show runs on Saturday from 11:00AM until 5:00PM and on Sunday from 11:00AM until 4:00PM. For discount coupons and other information visit http://www.gwaats.com.
Saturday, February 25, 2006 – 21st Annual Railroad Swap Meet
*NEXT WEEKEND*
Hosted by The Willamette Model Railroad Club. Located at Camp Withycombe Armory in Clackamas, Oregon. Hours are from 10 AM to 3 PM. Admission and parking is free!
Saturday, March 11th, 2006 – Scale Model Show – Presented by the International Plastic Modelers Society and Lt. Alexander Pearson Modeleers Chapter. The show will have Model Contests, Club Display Tables, Free “Make and Take” kits for kids, and Raffle Prizes. The show will run from 10:00AM until 3:00PM.
Location: Pearson Air Museum
1115 E 5th
Vancouver, WA 98661
Contact Info: Website: http://tinyurl.com/8c56u
Phone: 503-806-5477 FAX: 503-249-7276
Email: pearson_modeleers@comcast.net
Saturday, March 11th, 2006 – Mount Hood Model Engineers Train Operating Day – A day where the Mount Hood Model Engineers will thoroughly go over your HO train set and check the wheel gauge, coupler height, car weight and engine performance. You will then be let loose on their 1000 square foot HO scale layout. They are located at 5500 SE Belmont Street in Portland, OR. For more information contact Chuck Maggio at 503-236-7042 or send an email to mhmeng@aol.com.
Saturday & Sunday, April 8th-9th, 2006 – 18th Annual Model Railroad Show & Swap Meet – Located at Lane County Fairgrounds 796 West 13th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon. The hours on Saturday are 10AM to 5PM and the hours on Sunday are 10AM to 4PM. For exhibitors the setup times are Saturday at 7:30AM & Sunday at 8:30AM. There is an optional setup day Friday, April 7th, 2006 from 10AM to 10PM. Featuring: Live educational clinics – Trains of all gauges – Locomotive Simulator for Public Education – Educational Videos – Refreshments – Trains, Parts, Novelties for Sale – Operation LifeSaver Literature Distributed
Admission: Adults: $5.00 each Tickets are good for both days
Kids under 12 are free with an adult
$10 Early Bird Special (9AM)
Contact Info: Lee & Diane Temple
Telephone: (541) 688-0167 Fax: (541) 688-9112
1783 Linwood Street Eugene, Oregon 97404-4712
Email: ttandt@ram-mail.com.
Saturday & Sunday, April 22nd-23rd, 2006 – Model Train Swapmeet – The show will take play at the Rickreall Grange Hall at 280 Main Str. (Hwy 99W) in Rickreall, Or. It will take place both Saturday and Sunday from 9:00AM until 3:00PM. Admission for adults is $4.00 and for kids it is free and parking is free. For more information contact Tom at 503-606-0398. The diner coach will be open and a Digitrax Rep will be on site. *Come into Whistle Stop Trains for a $1.00 off coupon and a flyer*
Vendors – Tables are available at 503-606-0398. The prices for tables are as follows: 6’ Table is $15.00, 8’ Table is $20.00, and a 12’ table is $30.00. Those prices are good for both days and make checks payable to Tom Pryor. Mail them to Tom Pryor at 2085 S. Pacific W. Dallas, OR 97338. On Saturday move in at 7:00AM and on Sunday move in at 8:00AM. For more information send an email to PRY626@juno.com.
Saturday, May 20th, 2006 – 8th Annual Meet-‘N’-May – The show will be located at 6300 SW Wilson Ave. Beaverton, OR at the Fir Grove Elementary School. Admission is $3.00 for adults, $2.00 for children (Ages 6-12) and free for children under 6. There will be two full rooms of vendor tables. The activities are Intermediate and Advance Clinics (Subject to change) Raffles, Door Prizes and the Swap Meet. The topics covered in the clinics are Foreground Trees by John McCarthy, Removable Dioramas by Mark Lawler, Demystifying Digital Details by Bill Chown, and Weathering by Wash by Don Tousley. Vendor tables will cost $15.00 for non-commercial tables and $20 for commercial tables. Make checks payable to Meet-‘N’-March and send them to Meet-‘N’-March at 6500 SW Scholls Ferry Rd. #5, Portland, OR 97223-7177. Contact Bill Ervin at 503-293-1591 or billervin46@aol.com about vendor tables.
Saturday, May 20, 2006 – 2nd Annual Rails by the Bay - Pacific Northwest Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet – Located in Bellingham, Washington at The Hampton Inn Bellington, Airport Location, Fox Hall. Hours are 9 AM to 6 PM. This RPM event is open to all modelers and will feature railroads of the Pacific Northwest, but models of all prototypes are welcome. You’ve heard about it before, now come see what RPM and Free-Mo are about. This meet includes Model displays and dioramas, clinics, Free-Mo modular layout display area, and Social Discussion area.
Admission is $18, but if you bring in at least one model or module to display (finished or not!) you will receive a discounted admission at $15. Website: http://www.northwestrpm.com and Email: info@northwestrpm.com.
Saturday, October 28th, 2006 – First Annual All Brass Model Train Show – The show will be located at Shilo Inn Airport Convention Center just East of I-205 on Airport Way The show hours will be from 10:00AM to 3:00PM. Vendors setup from 8:00AM to 10:00AM and close out from 3:00PM to 5:00PM. Soldering and Detailing Clinics will take place. Soldering for Beginners at 8:30AM, Mechanical Tooling at 9:15AM, and Detailing for Beginners from 2:00PM to 3:00PM. 8’ Vendor tables are available for $50.00. Consignment Tables are available for a 10% fee. There will be a test track for most scales. For Shilo Inn room reservations call 1-800-222-2244. Airport Shuttle is available. Don’t forget to ask for the Show Room rate and mention the Brass Show. For more information call Jim Laskey (503)283-6040, Heather Clark (541-401-1548) or email us at whistlestoptrains@comcast.com. *NWBMCA reserves the right to determine brass related products.
*NOTE* During the Rose Festival the Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club will be having an open house. As we get more information about it we will be sure to include it in up-coming newsletters. If you have some information that you can give us about it we would be very thankful.
If you have club or prototype news you would like to share, you can contact us at: wsnewsletter@comcast.net .
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