Whistle Stop Newsletter

Vol. 2 No. 17 May 13, 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.

A reminder, to everyone who are interested, that we have the complete set of the Broadway Limited Import Zephyr Cars. The all come lighted as you can see in this picture here. Feel free to stop by and take a look at them. The prices for these cars are $64.99 and $69.99 depending on if you get a vista dome car or not.

Sale

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

All VHS videos are 50% off the white tag

Back in Stock

HO Scale

Microscale Decals – Willamette & Pacific (1993+) – Price: $5.50

New Products

Catalogs

MTH – Tinplate Traditions by M.T.H. 2006 – Free

MTH – 2006 Catalog Volume 2 - $5.00

Books

Taylor Trade Publishing – The Harvey House Cookbook – A paperback written by George H. Foster and Peter C. Weiglin with 193 pages – Price: $14.95

Rio Hondo – Critter, Dinkys & Centercabs – A paperback book with 192 pages written by Jay Reed – Price: $27.95

Caxton Pass – Stevens Pass: Gateway to Seattle – A paperback book written by Joann Roe – Price: $12.95

University of Idaho Press – The Milwaukee Road Revisited – A Hardback book with 239 pages written by Stanley W. Johnson – Price: $29.95

TLC Publishing, Inc. – Burlington Route: Streamlined Observation Cars – Burlington Signature Cars – A paperback book written by Jonathan J. Boyle Sr. – Price: $22.95

Sugar Cane Press – Next Stop Honolulu! The Story of the Oahu Railway & Land Company – A Hardback book with 352 pages written by Jim Chiddix and MacKinnon Simpson – Price: $59.95

Magazines

Railmodel Journal – May 2006 – Price: $5.95

Model Railroading – April 2006 – Price: $5.50

The Mainstreeter – Spring 2006 – Vol. 25 Issue 1 – Price: $7.00

O Scale Trains – May/June 2006 – Issue 26 – Price: $6.95

N Scale

There is nothing new in this week for N Scale. We do have a large selection of N Scale items so if you are in town feel free to drop by and take a look around.

HO Scale

There is nothing new in the week for HO scale either.  We have an even larger selection of HO scale items in the shop. Feel free to stop by and take a look around whenever you have the time.

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)

 Lionel – US Steel Slag Cars 3-Pack – Price: $169.99 Note about these cars is that they let up when there is power to the track.

Lionel (Postwar Celebration Series) – Burro Grain Motorized Unit PW – Road name is Lionel Lines #3360 – Price: $159.99

MTH (Rail King) – Gondola Car w/ 5 LCL Containers – Road names are Alaska #13245 and Air Force w/ no # - Price: $42.95

MTH (Rail King) – Hopper Car w/ Coal Load – Road name is UP #27205 – Price: $39.95

Featurette

HO Scale

Athearn – Mack R Cement Truck – Company name is Ross Island – Price: $23.98     There are a limited number of these right now in our shop

O Scale (3-Rail)

MTH (Rail King) – Flat Car w/ Ertl® ’67 Camaros – Road name is MTH Transport #1976 – Price: $39.98

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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