Whistle Stop Newsletter

Vol. 2 No. 15 April 29, 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.

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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

HO Scale

Tower 55 (Pioneer Series) – ES44DC Locomotive w/o DCC & Sound – Road name is BNSF H3 Paint scheme – Retail Price: $258.95     Our Price: $239.95

O Scale (3-Rail)

Atlas O – EV Caboose – Road name is SP&S #904 and #905 – Price: $71.95

New Products

Books

Traintech – EMD F-Units Locomotive – A paperback book containing 112 pages written by Brian Soloman – Price: $24.95

Classic Toy Trains Book – Lionel Accessories at Work on Toy Train Layouts – A paperback book containing 80 pages written by Neil Besougloff – Price: $17.95

Magazines

Classic Trains – Summer 2006 – Price: $6.95

Sn3 Modeler – Spring/Summer 2006 – Price: $8.25

N Scale

There is nothing new this week for N Scale. We have a decent selection to choose from in the store so if you are close by feel free to stop in and take a look around.

HO Scale

Accurail – 40’ Wood Reefer – Road name is SF “Super Chief” #35026, SF “The Scout” #35238, and SF “El Capitan” #35349 – Price: $10.98 (Singles) $29.98 (3-Pack)

Accurail – 50’ Plug Door Boxcar – Road name is CP #78013 – Price: $10.98

Accurail – 55-ton USRA Hopper – Road name is IC #210547 – Price: $10.98

Branchline Trains (Blueprint Series) – 1-21 Pullman Sleeper – Road names are SP “Inyo” and SP “Los Angeles” – Price: $64.98

Intermountain – ART Refrigerator Car – Road names are Armour #4597, Rock Island #67062, Rock Island #67041, and Raskin Packing Co. Int. #62543 – Price: $29.95

Intermountain – 12 Panel 40’ Boxcar – Road name is SP&S #13204 – Price: $28.95

Intermountain – Santa Fe Refrigerator Car – Road name is SF “El Capitan” (Curved Line Map) #34809 and SF “The Scout” (Straight Line Map) #34689 – Price: $29.95

Intermountain – Cylindrical Covered Hopper – Road name is Koppel. Inc. #20002 – Price:  $29.95

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)

Atlas O – 40’ 1937 AAR Double Door Box Car – Road name is GN #3345 – Price: $63.95

MTH (Rail King) – Overton Couch Car – Road name is Denver Rio Grande (Denver) – Price: $44.98

MTH (Rail King) – Husky Stack Car – Road name is Harley-Davidson – Price: $54.95

Local Activities/Events

Saturday, May 13th, 2006 – Railroad Slide Show & Dinner – This show will be located at the Buster’s Texas Style BBQ in Tigard. This event runs from 5:00PM til 10:00PM. The dinner will be from 5:00 to 6:00 and the slide will be from 6:00 to 10:00. Bring your best 40 slides. This event is open to the public but a reminder to parents of younger children that there will be no talking during the presentation. The host is David Nicoletti and for more information call: 503-643-4288.

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.  

Wednesday thru Saturday, August 2nd-5th, 2006 – Willamette Valley Express – Registration begins at 8:00am on Wednesday, August 2nd. First event will be a meeting at the Alpenrose Dairy at 6:00pm on August 2nd. Throughout the week there will be Clinics, Layout tours, Prototype tours, Contests, and Nonrail Attractions. There will be a banquet Saturday night, August 5th, at 6:00pm to end the event.  The featured speaker will be Maynard Orme and the Master of Ceremony will be Shannon Pratt. This event is a National Model Railroad Association meeting by the Pacific Northwest Region and will be taking place at the Holiday Inn in Wilsonville, OR. For more information please visit: http://mymemoirs.net/model-trains/pnr2006/index.htm. 

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.

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