Whistle Stop Newsletter
Vol. 4 No. 29 December 29th, 2008
New this Week
Magazines
Classic Toy Trains January 2009 Price: $5.95
Garden Railway December 2008 Price: $7.95
Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading November/December 2008 Price: $7.50
N-Scale January/February 2009 Price: $6.00
O Scale Trains November/December 2008 Price: $6.95
Railfan & Railroad February 2009 Price: $4.99
S Gaugian November/December 2008 Price: $6.25
Sn3 Modeler Fall/Winter 2008 Price: $8.25
The Warbonnet Fourth Quarter 2008 Price: $7.50
Books
The Railroad Press Bethlehem Steel Railroading Price: $24.95
Railway Milk Cars Volume 1 Price: $15.00
Railway Milk Cars Volume 2 Price: $15.00
Railway Milk Cars Volume 3 Price: $15.00
Railway Milk Cars Volume 4 Price: $20.00
TLC Publishing How a Steam Locomotive Works Price: $29.95
N Scale
Atlas Trainman Train Set Union Pacific Price: $149.95
Micro Trains 50 Gondola - Wabash Price: $19.85
Micro Trains ACF 2970 Hopper Northern Pacific Price: $22.35
Micro Trains ART Wood Side Reeder MP Price: $25.70
Micro Trains Flat Car with Load ACL Price: $16.95
Micro Trains PFE Ice Box Wood Side Reefer WP Price: $20.25
Micro Trains Tank Car Canadian National Price: $19.80
Micro Trains Tank Car Santa Fe Price: $29.65
HOn3 Scale
Micro Trains Flat Car D&RGW 6000 series Price: $32.90
HO Scale
Athearn 40 Grain Boxcar ATSF, CB&Q, CP Rail, GN, Soo Line, and UP Price: $16.98
Athearn 40 Stock Car CP, CMO, GN, SF, and T&P Price: $16.98
Athearn 50 Double Plug Door Boxcar Sargento Price: $18.98
Athearn 50 P. C. & F. Boxcar Ashley Drew & Northern, Pickens, SP, and Wisconsin Central Price: $19.98
Athearn 50 PD Superior Boxcar BN, CN, and WP Price: $18.98
Athearn 50 S.I.E.C.O. Boxcar Apalachicola Northern, Boston & Maine, and MRL Price: $19.98
Athearn 30,000 Gallon Ethanol Tank Car UTLX Price: $27.98
Athearn ACF 2970 2 Bay Hopper CB&Q, C&NW, RG, and UP Price: $24.98
Athearn Beth Gondola (5 Pack) - BN Price: $99.98
Athearn F-850 Ford Truck Model Railroader 75th Anniversary Price: $19.98
Athearn GP 40-2 Rio Grande Retail Price: $69.98 Our Price: $62.95
Athearn Mack B Tractor with 40 Exterior Post Trailer CP, MP, PRR, Roadway, and SF Price: $26.98
Athearn PS2600 Covered Hopper C&NW, Model Railroader 75th Anniversary, and MKT/BKTY Price: $24.98
Athearn PS5344 Boxcar C&NW and SBVR Price: $19.98
Athearn SD45 GN Hustle Muscle, GN, SF, Southern, and Undec SP Version Retail Price: $99.98 Our Price: $89.95
Intermountain Plywood Pan Boxcar Great Northern and Great Northern Mineral Red Price: $29.95
Malibu International Cars and Trailers Assorted Models Price: $4.98
Malibu International Cars Assorted Models Price: $3.98
O Scale
Lionel 18 Aluminum Passenger Car (2-Pack) Union Pacific Price: $324.99
Lionel 18 Aluminum Passenger Car (4-Pack) Union Pacific Price: $624.99
Lionel Alco S-2 Diesel Switcher Southern Pacific Price: $409.99
MTH 40 USRA Double Sheathed Boxcar Northern Pacific Price: $44.95
MTH 40 USRA Double Sheathed Boxcar Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Price: $49.95
MTH R50B Express Reefer Car Milwaukee Road and Santa Fe/Railway Express Agency Price: $59.95
Local Activities/Events
Saturday, January 31st, 2009 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle
Railway Historical Society Swap Meet
Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Historical Society presents Railroad Swap
Meet.
Location:
Holiday Inn Portland Airport Convention Center
8439 NE Columbia Blvd
Portland, Oregon
Directions:
I-205 to Columbia Blvd/US 30 Bypass West exit 23B
Keep right and merge on to NE Columbia Blvd (Go underneath UPRR Tracks)
Go about ½ mile, hotel on right (Convention Center is east of hotel)
Time:
January 31, 2009
10 AM to 3 PM
Admission:
$5 Over 12 year old
Free 12 and under
Free Parking
Tables
Tables are available for $20 (Per 8 table)
Please register early as the meet is usually sold out 3 to 4 weeks in advance
Saturday March 7th, 2009 - 24th Annual Railroad Swap Meet
The Willamette Model Railroad Club Presents 24th Annual Railroad Swap Meet
Location:
The New Hope Church
11731 SE Stevens Road
Direction:
Take exit 14 (Sunnyside Road) off of I-205
Turn east on Sunnyside Road
Go approx. 0.3 mi and turn left on SE Stevens Road
Go approx. 0.2 mi Turn right to stay on Stevens Road
The New Hope Church will be on the left
Date and Time:
March 7th, 2009
10 am until 3 pm
Admission:
Adults - $3.00
Under 12 - Free
Tables - $18 per table
Information:
Rick Andrews - 503-642-3298
Email Address: drdrews1@verizon.net
April 18th and 19th, 2009 - 21st Annual Willamette Cascade Model Railroad Club Train Show & Swap Meet
Location:
Lane County Fairgrounds
796 W. 13th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon
Time:
Saturday - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Vendors can
set up on Friday April 17th from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. 22,000 square feet of
vendor tables, historical societies, speeder display, Operation Lifesaver
Trailer, Friends of 4449 and SP&S #700 memorabilia for sale. Vendor tables are
$25.00 each and they are 8 ft. long and 30 inches wide with red linen table
cloth.
Admission:
$6.00 for 11 years old and older.
Children 10 years and younger are free if accompanied by an adult
Early bird entry each day is at 9 a.m. and is $10 per person. Admission on
Saturday is also good for Sunday at no additional charge.
More
information:
Please contact Co-chairs: Lee & Diane Temple @ 541-954-4917 or 541-225-7394 or
email ttandt@ram-mail.com.
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: Saturdays at 10:00AM until 12:00 pm
Alternating Fridays: See Website for schedule
Contact: Mitch Zeller
(503) 642-3979
12755 S.W. Beaverdam Rd, Beaverton, OR
http://www.aloharail.org/
Beaverton Modular Railroad Club
Scale: HO, HOn3,
HOn30 and Traction.
Control: Both Analog and NCE DCC
Layout: Permanent and Modular
Location: Alpenrose Dairys Dairyville
6149 SW Shattuck Road
Portland, OR 97221
Meeting: Wed. & Fridays 7PM to 9PM
Summer Open House: Sundays, June-Sept, 1pm to 4pm
Contact: Ned Loos (503) 644-0926
PO Box 1502
Beaverton, OR 97075-1502
Website: www.Beavertonmodular.com
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) 203-5112
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
Website: www.cgmrc.com
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
Northwest 'G' Railroad Club
Scale: G Scale
Contact: c/o Brian Rice,
President
2898 Livingston Street NE
Salem, Or 97303
bruploco@comcast.net ; 503-365-9516
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
Portland Area N-Trak
Scale: N and N
Traction
Control: Analog (converting a portion to Digitrax DCC)
Layout: Permanent and Modular (NTrak Standard)
Location: Alpenrose Dairy
Meeting: Thursdays 7PM until 9PM
Summer Open House: Every Sunday from June through September, 1 to 4 PM
Holiday Open House: First Three Sundays of December, 1 to 5 PM
Contact: Brian Hester / Secretary (503) 246-3987
PO Box 6327
Portland, OR 97228-6327
Website: www.pdxareantrak.org
Portland Chapter, Train Collectors Association (TCA), Model Train Clubhouse
Scale: O/O-27 Gauge
and O- Scale
Control: Lionel TMCC and MTH DCS
Layout: Permanent Nine separate sets of tracks
Meeting: Third Sunday of the Month (unless Easter falls on that date)
Location: Basement of Aloha Mall
185th Ave. and Tualatin Valley Highway
Contact: President
Steve DAmbrosia 503-658-4383
Vice President Rick Rose 503-357-0592
Website: www.traincollector.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 www.sinkingspringsrailroad.com
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
rlrenihan@msn.com
Website: www.swwamodelrailroaders.com
Tualatin Valley Model Railroad Club
Scale: N-Trak modules
Control: DCC
Meeting: Wednesdays from 7PM to 9PM.
Contact: Jerry Green 971-246-1178.
Website: www.tvmrc.com
Willamette Cascade Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO
Control: Analog
Layout: Permanent
Meeting: 2nd Saturday of each month 7PM
Location: 500 East 4th Avenue
Eugene, OR (Meetings)
Contact: Lee
Temple 541-954-4917
1783 Linwood Street
Eugene, OR 97404-4712
Website: Under Construction
Willamette Model Railroad Club
*Members Wanted*
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
Location: 15711 SE 90th
Clackamas, OR 97015
Contact: Rick
Andrews 503-880-1412
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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