Whistle Stop Newsletter

Vol. 2 No. 14 April 20, 2006

Welcome to the Whistle Stop Trains newsletter. This newsletter will contain new product information and sale information. This newsletter will also include local activities involving model railroads, prototype information, and occasionally some fun stuff. In the future keep an eye out for a short article on items each week as this will start in coming weeks.

If you have not received all of our newsletters, and would like to receive previous newsletters please email us at wsnewsletter@comcast.net, with the header Previous Newsletter(s), telling us which numbers of newsletters you would like to receive.

We would be happy to take orders on the new Intermountain AC12 Southern Pacific. They come in three different road numbers. We are also willing to take orders on most other items as well.

Sale

Most Weaver, Crown Model Products, and Intermountain O Scale 2-Rail and 3-Rail are 15% off

All VHS videos are 50% off

Back in Stock

Misc

Chameleon Hobby Products – Chameleon – Plastic Safe Model Paint Stripper – Price: $19.99

O Scale (3-Rail)

MTH (Rail King) – Single Train Tunnel Portal (2 Portals) – Price: $14.95

MTH (Rail King) – Double Train Tunnel Portal (2 Portals) – Price: $19.95

New Products

Freebies

Digitrax – SoundTraxx DCC CV Slide Rule & V2.0 Quick Reference Card – Price: Free

Booklet

Atlas – Atlas Fantastic Layout Booklet – Seventy-one HO & N Scale Layout Ideas – Price: $1.00

Magazines

SP Trainline – Spring 2006 – Price: $6.95

Thomas and Friends – May/June 2006 – Price: $4.50

Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading – May/June 2006 – Price: $7.50

The Milwaukee Railroader – First Quarter 2006 – Price: $7.95

Railfan & Railroad – June 2006 – Price: $4.99

Colorado Narrow Gauge Quarterly – Winter 2006 – Price: $3.25

Railmodel Journal – April 2006 – Price: $5.95

N Scale

Chooch Enterprises Inc. – Stone Rectangular Bridge Pier - Price: $7.99

HO Scale

Atlas – Maywood Station – Comes in green or brown– Prices: $39.95 (Assembled) and $24.95 (Kit)

Chooch Enterprises Inc. – 120 Ton Steam Boiler Equipment – Price: $16.99

Chooch Enterprises Inc. – 80 Ton Steam Boiler Equipment – Price: $17.99

Chooch Enterprises Inc. – 40 Ton Steam Boiler Equipment – Price: $13.99

Chooch Enterprises Inc. – 80 Ton Drive Shaft & Pulley Load – Price: $15.99

Chooch Enterprises Inc. – 10 Ton Drive Shaft & Pulley Load – Price: $13.99

Roundhouse – Outside Braced Wood Caboose – Road names are CB&Q/FW&D #92, Rock Island #17815, and Missouri-Kansas-Texas #40 – Prices: $16.98 and $17.98 (MKT)

Roundhouse – 3 Window Standard Wood Caboose – Road names are SF #1321 and WP #726 – Prices: $16.98 and $17.98 (WP)

Ton – Volvo VNL 780 – Company name is Swift Transportation – Price: $16.98

Walthers (Platinum Line) – International Car Co Bay Window Caboose – Road name is C&NW # 11159 – Price: $19.98

Walthers -  Thrall Door Box Car (2 Pack) – Road names are Triangle Pacific #5101/#5108 and Louisiana Pacific (USLX) #50075/#50082 – Price: $39.98

O Scale (2-Rail)

Nothing new this week for O Scale (2 Rail). We do have some in stock so feel free to stop by when you are in town to check out what we have.

O Scale (3-Rail)

MTH (Rail King) – Movie Theater – Price: $129.95

MTH (Rail King) – Mel’s Operating Drive-in Diner – Retail Price: $179.95     Our Price: $119.00

MTH (Rail King) – Girder Bridge – Colors are Silver or Rust – Price: $19.95

MTH (Rail King) – Weathered Country Passenger Station – Price: $79.97

Local Activities/Events

Saturday & Sunday, April 22nd-23rd, 2006 – Model Train Swapmeet *This Saturday and Sunday*– 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, June 10th, 2006 – Cruisin’ Sherwood – This show is a classic and custom car show. The SP Daylight #4449 will be there. There is free admission for the public/spectators and the show is located in the Historic Old Town in Sherwood. Gates open at 5:00AM. For more information visit: http://www.sp4449.com and http://www.cruisinsherwood.com.

Saturday & Sunday, June 10th-11th, 2006 – 2006 Portland Rose Festival Model Railroad Show – This show is put on by the Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club. It starts at 11:00am and runs until 6:00pm. The show will be located at 2505 North Vancouver Ave. in Portland, OR. This show is a Rose Festival sanctioned event.

Saturday & Sunday, June 10th-11th, 2006 – 50th Anniversary Farewell to Steam Excursion Celebration – The SP&S #700 will be at Oaks Park. Rides will be offered each hour Saturday and Sunday and tickets will be available at Oaks Park. For more information on this event visit: http://www.sps700.org/whatsnew.html. 

June 24th, 2006 – July 2nd, 2006 – Day Out with Thomas 2006 – This will take place in Hood River, OR at the Mt. Hood Railroad. A Thomas & Friends Information Station will be there as well. For more information check these out: http://www.thomasandfriends.com and http://www.mthoodrr.com/thomas_2005/dowt_main.html.    

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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