Whistle Stop Newsletter

Vol. 2 No. 22 June 24th, 2006

Welcome to the Whistle Stop Trains newsletter. This newsletter will contain new product information, sale information, and information on local activities. This week we added two new activities that will be coming up this month. Also keep an eye out for a short article on items as this will start in coming weeks.

BNSF News Release

Visit http://www.bnsf.com/media/news/articles/2006/06/2006-06-07a.html to find out how you can help keep the rail system safe.

Restock

Books

Hundman Publishing Company – Lima: The History – Written by Eric Hirsimaki – Price: $59.95

Hundman Publishing Company – Northern Pacific Yellowstone Parkline Classic Steam Era – Written by Lorenz P. Schrenk & Robert L. Frey – Price: $59.95

Hundman Publishing Company – Northwest Passage – Written by Rob Leachman – Price: $59.95

Hundman Publishing Company – Slow Trains Down South … Deepin Dixie Vol. II – Written by Mallory Hope Ferrell – Price: $59.95

Hundman Publishing Company – Southern Pacific Oregon Division – Written by Brian Jennison & Victor Neves – Price: $59.95

Hundman Publishing Company – The Allegheny Lima’s Finest – Written by Eugene L. Huddleston & Thomas W. Dixon Jr. – Price: $44.95

Hundman Publishing Company – The Northern Pacific – Written by Dale Sanders – Price: $74.95

Hundman Publishing Company – The South Park Line – Written by Mallory Hope Ferrell – Price: $89.95

New Products

Magazines

The Warbonnet – Second Quarter 2006 – Price: $7.50

Thomas & Friends – July/Aug 2006 – Price: $4.50

O Scale News – May 2006 – Price: $5.00

N Scale

Athearn – 40’ Wood Milk Car – Abbott’s Milk #10 and Borden’s Dairy #520 – Price: $14.98

Athearn – Overland Coach – SF #2637, Rio Grande #403, and Virgina & Truckee #17 – Price: $14.98 (SF & V&T) $15.98 (Rio Grande)

Con-Cor – MP-15 Switcher – SP #2695 and BN #1000 – Retail Price: $72.98     Our Price: $59.95

Con-Cor – GS-4 4-8-4 Northern – SP Daylight #4449 – Retail Price: $298.98     Our Price: $254.95

Micro Trains Line – 40’ Standard Box Car Single Door – SP&S #BN950194 – Price: $13.45

The Freight Yard (Premiere Editions) – Gunderson Well Car – Maersk (SFLC) #250122 – Price: $17.85

The Freight Yard (Premiere Editions) – 40’ Box Car – SP&S #12290 and #12287 – Price: $21.85

The Freight Yard (Premiere Editions) – 50’ Plug Door Box Car – Triangle Pacific #15516 – Price: $21.85

HO Scale

Athearn – SD45T-2 Tunnel Motor – Cotton Belt #9281, CB #9270, SP #9259, and SP #9180 – Price: $104.98

Athearn – GP35 Diesel Locomotive – BN #2507, BN #2521, SF #3332, and SF #3345 – Price: $84.98

Athearn – PS 2893 Covered Hopper – SP #400922, SP #400883, SP#401048, Jack Frost Sugar #315, JFS #307, JFS #312, and GTW #113894 – Price: $20.98 (JFS & GTW) $21.98 (SP)

Athearn (Genesis) – SD45-2 Locomotive w/ Sound – SF #5631 – Price: $139.98

Proto 2000 Series – GP20 High Hood Locomotive w/ Sound & DCC – GN #200 and WP #2001 – Price: $191.98

Roundhouse – 40’ Wood Milk Car – Abbott’s Milk #10, Abbott’s Milk #12, Borden’s Dairy #520, Borden’s Dairy #522, Carling Breweries #723, Carling Breweries #725, Cloverland Dairies #101, Cloverland Dairies #102, Fairfield Farms #103, Hood’s Dairy #501, and Hood’s Dairy #503 – Price: $19.98

Walthers (Classic Kits) – 100 Ton Quad Hopper – BN#513901, GN #70404, CSX #344996, and C&NW #63114 – Price: $9.98

Walthers (Classic Kits) – 101 Ton Quad Hopper – Wisconsin Central #32002 – Price: $9.98

Walthers (Classis Kits) – 103 Ton Quad Hopper – CB&Q #160002 – Price: $9.98

Walthers (Classic Kits) – 50’ FGE Insulated Box Car – FGE(SCL) #996621, CSXT #169749, UP #490200, and BN #748805 – Price: $9.98

Walthers (Classic Kits) – 54’ GSC Flat Car – SF #92790, Penn #769985, BN #612890, SP #700036, and UP #58640 – Price: $9.98

O Scale (3-Rail)

Lionel – Ballast Tamper – UP #18490 – Price: $104.99

Lionel – Ice Rink – Price: $79.99

Lionel – Log Dump Cars – SP #26849 – Price: $79.99

Lionel – PS-4 Flat Car w/ Trailers – NP #62829 – Price: $84.99

MTH – 70’ Streamlined RPO Passenger Car – Smooth – UP #5902 – Price: $69.95

MTH – R50B Express Reefer Car – UP #5708 and #5710 – Price: $59.95

MTH – Bay Window Caboose – UP #24574 – Price: $59.75

MTH (Rail King) – 4-6-0 Steam Loco w/ Proto 2 (Freight Sounds) – Rio Grande #536 – Price: $349.95

Local Activities/Events

*TODAY* Thursday thru Sunday, June 22nd-June 25th, 2006 – Logging Modelers Convention – This event is taking place at the Best Western Park Place Inn & Suites in Chehalis, WA. Registration is at the Lewis Country Museum in Chehalis on Thursday from 9:00AM until 4:00PM. During these four days many clinics, contests, model railroad op sessions and many other things will be taking place.  Registration is $50. If you want to ride the banquet train, that has limited seating and, is $42.95. For vendor table the cost is $15.00 for each table. The cost for the Camp 6 Museum in Tacoma is Donation only and the price to enter the Washington State Historical Museum is paid at the door. For more information check out the ad in the Spring 2006 volume of Tall Timber Short Lines on page 8.

*TODAY* Saturday, June 24th, 2006 – Knights of Columbus Hall Swap Meet – This will take place at 2515 Burwell in Bremerton. It will be open from 10 AM until 4 PM.  Bremerton Northern Model Railroad Club is sponsoring this event and they ask for a $2.00 donation for people twelve years old or older.

*TODAY* 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 & Sunday, July 22nd-23rd, 2006 – Railroads in the Garden Summer Tour – Take a tour of several Garden Railroads in and around the Portland area in-between 10AM and 5PM. Start your tour at any layout and continue to travel to any other layout in any order of your choice. The tour book is your family’s admission to all of the local layouts. For more information feel free to pick up your tour book for $10/Family here at the shop or visit http://www.rcgrs.com.

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 Non-rail 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 & Sunday, Sept 16th-17th, 2006 – Deschutes Steam Excursion – Sponsored by Northwest Rail Museum the SP #4449 is making a roundtrip from Portland to Bend, OR. This trip takes about 8 hours each way so be prepared to leave early in the morning. All the tickets include transportation, a continental breakfast and lunch, and shuttles to overnight accommodations in hotels at Bend. You can choose to either board at the Portland Union Station or in Vancouver, WA. For more information please visit http://www.northwestrailmuseum.com/deschutes_trip.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.net. *NWBMCA reserves the right to determine brass related products.

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