Whistle Stop Newsletter
Vol. 2 No. 7 February 25, 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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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
All VHS videos are 50% off
New Products
Miscellaneous
DVDs
Robinson & Associates – Steam on the Mountain – Price: $19.95
RK Publishing – Daylight: The Most Beautiful Train in the World – Price: $24.95
RK Publishing – Super Chief: Speed · Style · Service – Price: $24.95
RK Publishing – Silver Thread Through the West: The California Zephyr – Price: $24.95
TJ&LCW Productions – SP Forever Pre-merger 90-94 – Price: $25.00
TJ&LCW Productions – Downtown Running Jack London Style – Price: $18.99
LCW Productions – Trains of Martinez – Price: $18.99
LCW Productions – Eastbay Trains – Price: $18.99
LCW Productions – Rainfan Mania Vol. 1 – Price: $18.99
LCW Productions – So, you want to work for the Railroad? – Price: $18.99
LCW Productions – Steam Unleashed Rough Riding – Price: $18.99
LCW Productions – Niles Junction – Price: $18.99
LCW Productions – Steam Unleashed Chasing 3985 – Price: $18.99
LCW Productions – Wandering the White Pass and Yukon – Price: $18.99
LCW Productions – F40 Volume 1 – Price: $18.99
N Scale
Athearn – Ford “C” & 28’ Exterior Post Trailer – Road name is Roadway w/ Gray or White Trailer – Price: $16.98
Athearn – Ford “C” & 28’ Smooth Side Trailer – Road names are Roadway Express & Roadway – Time Critical – Price: $16.98
Athearn – Ford “C” $ 28’ Wedge Trailer – Road name is Consolidated Freight – Price: $16.98
HO Scale
Athearn – 40’ Double-Door Box Car – Road names are Cotton Belt #46290 & DW&P #581309 – Price: $14.98 (CB) $13.98 (DW&P)
Athearn – 40’ Double-Door Circus Box Car – Road name is GN and the numbers are #3249, #3336, #3345, #3484, and #3486– Price: $15.98
Athearn – Ford “C” & 28’ Wedge Trailer – Road names are Duff Truck Lines, Mason Dixon, & Consolidated Freightways – Price: $17.98
Athearn – Single Dome Tank Car (Six pack) – Road names are UTLX, ATSF, & SP – Price: $89.98 (UTLX & ATSF) $94.98 (SP)
Athearn – 57’ Mechanical Reefer (Six pack) – Road name is UPFE, SPFE – Price: $ 94.98
Athearn – 53’ Containers – Road name is Swift Intermodal – Price: $33.98
Athearn – John Deere 6420 Tractor – Price: $3.25
North Eastern Scale Models Inc - 3.5” x 8” Pre-Assembled Shingles – Color is Gray Slate - Price: $7.95 (One piece) $13.95 (Two pieces)
North Eastern Scale Models Inc – 3.5” x 8” Pre-Assembled Shingles – Color is Green Slate – Price: $13.95 (Two pieces)
Tower 55 (Explorer Series) – ES44AC Locomotive w/ F/P Red Side Sill Stripe, DCC, and Sound FX by Digitrax – Road name is UP #5424 – Retail Price: $299.95 Our Price: $279.95
Tower 55 (Pioneer Series) – ES44AC Locomotive w/ F/P Red & Yellow Side Sill Stripe, w/o DCC & w/o Sound – Road name is UP #5400 (Red side) & UP #5460 (Yellow Side) – Retail Price: $259.95 Our Price: $239.95
Walthers (Life-Like) - Scene Master Construction Site – Price: $12.00
O Scale (2-Rail)
Nothing new for O Scale (2-Rail) this week.
O Scale (On30)
Precision Craft – On30 Galloping Goose w/ Sound – Road name is Rio Grande Southern #3 – Retail Price: $299.95 Our Price: $269.00
Precision Craft – On30 Galloping Goose w/o Sound – Road name is Rio Grande Southern #3 – Retail Price: $199.99 Our Price: $179.95
O Scale (3-Rail)
Athearn – Ford C Series Box Van – Road name is Roadway – Price: $30.98
MTH (Railking) – Die-Cast Fire Truck – Available in Red and Yellow – Price: $29.95
Books
Model Railroader – Model Railroad Planning 2006 w/ Free track planning booklet - 12 all new track plans N, HO, and O scale layout designs featured, Modeling Tennessee Pass, UP in a bedroom, Dream basements, Landmark scenes in 4 x 8 feet, Re-creating a Midwestern town, and Mitchell Curves under construction on Bernie Kempiniski’s Tennessee Pass layout – Price: $7.95
Local Activities/Events
Saturday, February 25, 2006 – 21st Annual Railroad Swap Meet
*TODAY*
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! Be sure to look for us there.
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, March 18th, 2006 – Pacific Model Loggers’ Congress – Located 18 miles east of Seaside, OR on Hwy 26. Official program begins at 9:00 AM sharp. Plan to spend the whole day. Admission is $10.00 per person.
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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