Whistle Stop Newsletter
Vol. 3 No. 24 September 8th, 2007
New this week
Magazines
Timber Times Issue 41 Price: $6.35
Books
Morning Sun Books Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway In Color Diesels of the Northwests Own Railway By Ed Austin The length of the book is a total of 128 pages with several pictures of diesels. The pictures come in both black and white and color, with most of the pictures being Color pictures. The sections of the book are arranged into 5 categories, arranged by date. The 5 categories are 1940-1945, 1946-1949, 1950-1952, 1953-1963, and 1964-1970. Price: $59.95
Walthers HO Catalog 2008 Price: $9.98
N Scale
Micro Trains 56 General Service Tank Car SP #700 Price: $29.85
Micro Trains 89 4 COFC Flat Car w/ Containers CP #521135 Price: $36.60
Micro Trains 61 8 Bulkhead Flat Car w/ Pipe load - Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad #725035 Price: $21.50
Micro Trains 50 Rib-side Box Car, Single door w/o Roof Walk Wisconsin Central #25324 Price: $16.25
Micro Trains 40 Standard Box Car Plug Door - Twelve Days of Christmas #10 Price: $19.15
Micro Trains 30 Skeleton Log Car w/ Log Load Price: $16.75
HO Scale
Athearn 4-Window Caboose Rock Island #17601 Price $18.98
Athearn 50 FMC Box Car Corinth & Counce #6431, Escanaba & Lake Superior #9026, Mississippi Export #969, Pan-Am #32026 and #32132, and Vermont Railway #12011 Price $17.98
Athearn 56 Well Car TTX #560047 and #560083 Price: $19.98
Athearn 56 Well Car w/ 4 28 Containers TTX #560074 - $29.98
Athearn ACF 2970 2 Bay Hopper Corning Class Works NAHX #90403, #90405, and #90408 Price: $22.98
Athearn GP35 MLR #401 Retail Price: $84.98 Our Price: $72.98
Athearn SD40-2 BN #8090 and #8143, SF #5022, and Southern #3205 Retail Price: $99.98 Our Price $84.98
Tower 55 ES44DC w/o DCC and Sound - BNSF Price $262.98
O Scale
Z-Stuff for Trains Lower Quadrant Signal Price: $62.95
O Scale (3-Rail)
Lionel 0-4-0 Steam Engine w/ Tender SP Price: $169.99
Lionel Hobo Handcart D&RGW Price: $69.99
MTH 50 High Cube Box Car CNW (UP Heritage) Price: $49.99
MTH 2-10-4 Texas Steam Engine w/ Proto 2.0 Santa Fe Price: $1095.00
MTH 4-6-6-4 Z-6 Challenger w/ Proto 2.0 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle. Minimum Curve O72 Price: $1395.00
MTH EMD F-3 A-B-A Diesel Set w/ Proto 1.0 GN. We currently have 2 of these sets, both of the sets are on consignment. If you would like to ask about the price please give us a call. Price: Call or Visit
G Scale
LBG Passenger Train Set Lake George & Boulder. This set is a used set. Price: $220.00
Model Railroad Clubs
If you would like your club added to our list please email us at whistlestoptrains@comcast.net.
Aloha Western Oregon Lines Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO
Control: DCC
Layout: Modular
Meeting: Alternating Fridays at 6:30PM and Saturdays at 10:00AM
Contact: Mitch Zeller (503) 642-3979
12755 S.W. Beaverdam Rd, Beaverton, OR
Beaverton Modular Railroad Club
Scale: HO, HOn3, HOn30 and Traction.
Control: Both Analog and NCE DCC
Layout: Permanent and Modular
Meeting: Wed. & Fridays 6PM to 9PM
Open House: Sundays 1PM-4PM June-Sept. 30
Contact: Ned Loos (503) 644-0926
PO Box 1502 Beaverton, OR 97075-1502
Catlin Gabel Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO (N scale is being planned)
Control: DCC
Layout: Permanent
Meeting: Tuesdays and Thursday 5PM-7PM
Contact: Ed Sallia (503) 203-5129 ext: 392
Catlin Gabel School
8805 SW Barnes Rd
Portland, OR 97225
Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO
Control: DC and Partially DCC
Layout: Permanent
Meeting: Tuesdays 7PM-9PM
Contact: (503)-28-TRAIN (503-288-7246)
2505 N. Vancouver Avenue Portland, OR 97227-1949
Longview Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO
Control: DC
Layout: Modular
Meeting: Tuesdays 7PM
Contact: 1St VP Alan Belanger (503) 556-3415 or
2nd VP Kerry King (360) 274-8157
PO Box 904 Rainier, Oregon 97048
Mt. Hood Model Engineers
Scale: HO
Control: Part Analog and part DCC
Layout: Permanent
Meeting: Tuesdays 7PM-9:30PM
Contact: Don Mills (877) 378-6563 (Voice Mail)
5500 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97215
MHMENG@aol.com
Pacific Northwest Live Steamers
Scale: 7 ½ Gauge
Control: Steam
Layout: Permanent (More than ½ mile of track)
Meeting: Third Saturday of the Month
Contact: (503) 829-6866
31803 S. Shady Dell Dr, Molalla, OR 97038
Website: www.pnls.org
Sinking Springs Railroad
Scale: 1 ½ Scale Engines
7.25 or 7.5 Gauge Track
Control: Gas Engine
Layout: Permanent
Meeting: 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month (see Website for scheduled days for riding the train)
Contact: sinkingspringsrailroad@msn.com
Website: http://www.sinkingspringsrailroad.com/index.html
Southwest Washington Model Railroaders
Scale: HO
Control: Both Analog and DCC
Layout: Permanent and a portable one for display
Meeting: Mondays 7PM
Contact: Richard Renihan (360) 892-3410
8100 E Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver, Washington
Tualatin Valley Model Railroad Club
Scale: N-Trak modules
Control: DCC
Meeting: Wednesdays from 7PM to 9PM.
Contact: Jerry Green 971-246-1178.
Willamette Cascade Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO
Control: Analog
Layout: Permanent
Meeting: 2nd Saturday of each month 7PM
Contact: Lee Temple 541-954-4917
1783 Linwood Street, Eugene, OR, 97404-4712
Location: 500 East 4th Avenue, Eugene, OR (Meetings)
Website under Construction
Willamette Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO
Control: Will be DCC
Layout: Permanent Layout will be constructed in a 30x60 ft basement currently being excavated. The layout will be operationally oriented, depicting the proposed rail line over Santiam Pass, and will feature mainline operations and mountain railroading with helper service. The Era is 1975.
Meeting: Mondays and Thursdays at 7:00 PM
Contact: Rick Andrews 503-880-1412
Location: 15711 SE 90th, Clackamas, OR 97015
Local Activities/Events
Saturday, September 15, 2007 - Pacific Northwest Region Division 2 Mini Layout Tour - 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Open to the public. N.W. Portland/Beaverton. Three club layouts and two home layouts. N, HO, and 3-rail O scales. For maps/directions to these layouts, contact one of the Division 2 layout tour committee members. Stu Cato email slca@onemain.com; Craig Larsen email softwood_clarsen@softwood.org; Shannon Pratt email shannon@shannonpratt.com.
The next Division 2 layout tour will be Saturday, December 8 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Southwest Portland.
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 West Side Train Show and Swap Meet This event will take place at the National Guard Armory in Forest Grove, Oregon from 10:00AM till 3:00PM. There will be everything from G to Z there with over 80 tables and concessions. Admission is $4.00 while children 12 and under are free. Parking will also be free. For more information contact Ken Jackson @ 503-357-8753 or westsidetrainshow@comcast.net.
Saturday, September 29th, 2007 Southwest Washington Model Railroaders Open House From 10am to 4pm we will hold an open house, which is FREE. We will be running many different types of HO Gauge engines from the small logging area to the Big Boys on the main line. We are located at 8100 E. Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA. One Block East of Garrison Square, in the building behind Safe Harbor Nazarene Church, bordering the parking lot off 82nd Ave. A donation of a can food will be appreciated.
Saturday October 6th, 2007 35th Annual Great Train Swap Meet - From 9:30am to 3:30pm we will be celebrating our 35th Annual Great Train Swap Meet at the Hudson's Bay High School located at 1206 E. Reserve St. in Vancouver, WA. It is located just off the I-5 Bridge at Exit 1-C on Mill Plain Blvd (East). There will be an operating HO Gauge layout of the Columbia Gorge and over 125 tables with vendors from all over the Northwest. We still have tables available at $14 for a 6 table. Huge Free Parking. Adults are $4.00, Students $2.00 and Children under 6 free with paid adult. Come and join the fun! For more info please contact Richard Renihan at (360) 892-3410 or by email at rlrehihan@msn.com.
Saturday and Sunday December 8th & 9th - Longview Kelso & Rainier Model RR Club Show and Swap Meet - The Longview Kelso & Rainier Model RR Club is hosting a model train show & swap meet December 8 & 9 in the Riverside Community Church Gym. Address is
303 3rd St. West Rainier Oregon
Admission $2 or $1 and a can of food.
Hours:
Saturday 8 December 10:00- 17:00
Sunday 9 December 12:00-16:00
Contact Al Belanger 503 556 3415 or Dave Helton 503 556 2362 Table rent is $15 per table.
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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