Whistle Stop Newsletter

Vol. 2 No. 9 March 09, 2006

Welcome to the Whistle Stop Trains newsletter. This newsletter will contain new product information. 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

Most 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

Books

Morning Sun Books – Trackside Milwaukee Road West w/ Jim Boyd – Author: Jim Boyd – Price: $59.95

Walthers – Monthly Savings Catalog for March – Price: Free

Controllers

NCE – Power Cab – New entry level system for DCC – Retail Price: $179.95     Our Price: $159.95

N Scale

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metals) – Fruehauf 32’ Covered Wagon Trailers – Available in Factory Red and Factory Green – Price:  $12.25 (Two Pack)

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metals) – Fruehauf 32’ Flat Bed Trailers – Available in Factory Red and Factory Green – Price: $12.25 (Two Pack)

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metals) – White Super Power Tractor w/ 32’ “Covered Wagon” Trailer Set – Road names are US Steel and Wayne Foods – Price: $17.99 (Two Pack)

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metals) – White Super Power Tractor w/ 32’ Flatbed Trailer Set – Road name is US Steel – Price: $17.99 (Two Pack)

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metals) – IH R-190 Tractor w/ 32’ Flatbed Trailer Set – Road names are Roadway and P-I-E – Price: $17.99 (Two Pack)

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metals) – IH R-190 Tractor w/ 32’ “Covered Wagon” Trailer Set – Road name is Roadway – Price: $17.99 (Two Pack)

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metals) – IH R-190 Semi-Tractor w/ 32’ “Covered Wagon” Trailer Set – Road name is P-I-E – Price: $17.99 (Two Pack)

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metals) – IH R-190 Semi-Tractor w/ 32’ Flatbed Trailer Set – Road name is ICX – Price: $17.99 (Two Pack)

HO Scale

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metals) – White Super Power Tractor w/ 32’ Aero Van “Reefer” Trailer Set – Road names are Carnation and A&P – Price: $16.50

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metals) – White Super Power Tractor w/ 32’ “Covered Wagon” Trailer Set – Road name is US Steel – Price: $16.50

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metal) – White Super Power Tractor w/ 32’ Aero Van Trailer Set – Road name is Spector – Price: $16.50

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metal) – IH R-190 Semi-Tractor w/ 32’ Flatbed Trailer Set – Road name is ICX – Price: $16.50

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metal) – IH R-190 Semi-Tractor w/ 32’ Aero Van Trailer Set – Road name is Consolidated Freightways – Price: $16.50

Classic Metal Works (Mini Metal) – IH R-190 Semi-Tractor w/ 32’ “Covered Wagon” Trailer Set – Road name is P-I-E – Price: $16.50

O Scale (2-Rail)

Nothing new for O-Scale (2-Rail) this week but we do have a selection that you can choose from in stock.

O Scale (3-Rail)

MTH (Rail King) – Crane Car – Road names are Harley Davidson, US Steel and Alaska – Price: $59.95

MTH (Rail King) – Crane Tender Car – Road name is Alaska – Price: $44.95

MTH (Rail King) – Modern Reefer Car – Road name is Van Curler Coffee – Price: $42.95

MTH (Rail King) – Flat Car w/ Trailer – Road name is Milwaukee Road – Price: $39.95

MTH (Rail King) – Bay Window Caboose – Road name is UP – Price: $52.95

Local Activities/Events

Saturday, March 11th, 2006 – Scale Model Show –

*This Saturday* - 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 – *This Saturday* - 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 – *Next Saturday* - 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 or would like to leave us a comment or an idea, you can contact us at: wsnewsletter@comcast.net .

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