Whats New
Store Hours Changing!!
Effective June 1, 2008, The Train Station will be changing our store hours. Our new store hours will be: Monday - Thursday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM; Friday 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM; Saturday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and Sunday 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM. We are changing our hours to reflect the times of day that customers actually come to the store; and as you note we are still open seven days per week, and we are still going to be open on Friday evenings until 8:00 PM. The new hours will be our permanent hours on a year round basis. Again, this change in our store hours will take effect on June 1, 2008!!
HO Scale:
Accurail has released their USRA gondola in Delaware & Hudson and Texas & Pacific.
Athearn has shipped the Genesis EMD FP45 in Milwaukee Road and Santa Fe (passenger warbonnet), with and without DCC and sound; the EMD F45 in Santa Fe (early blue/yellow pinstripe scheme) with and without DCC and sound; EMD F3 in C&NW with sound; EMD SD70MAC in Alaska Railroad, BNSF Executive scheme with the swoosh patch, and a rerun of the BNSF original scheme, the so-called vomit bonnet.
In the Athearn Ready-To-Roll line, they have released a John Deere 7820 tractor, 520 tractor, and 2010 crawler; a Ford F850 grain truck in four paint schemes; and 65 foot mill gondolas with loads in Alaska Railroad, SLSF/Frisco, Great Northern, Missouri Pacific, Northern Pacific, and Southern Pacific; 20 and 40 foot containers in APL/APC and Evergreen; Bethgon Coalporter 5 packs in the new image BNSF swoosh scheme; and Trinity covered hoppers in UP/CMO.
Bachmann has released their Spectrum line Russian Decapod 2-10-0 with DCC and sound in Erie.
Broadway Limited has shipped the Blue Line GE AC6000CW with sound in CSX and BHP.
First Gear has released an International Harvester TD-25 Crawler with Side Boom.
InterMountain has released cylindrical covered hoppers in Potash, two schemes; 4750 covered hoppers in Illinois Grain and Transportation Corporation, both with BN reporting marks.
New Kadee freight cars which arrived include a four pack of Monon 40 foot box cars, a WP 40 foot box car, a 50 foot box car with cushion underframe in MKT, and an SP covered hopper. Kadee also has a new #206 MultiPurpose Coupler Height Gauge - this is different from the current #205 by being insulated.
Walthers has shipped bi-level enclosed auto carriers in Southern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, Santa Fe, Conrail, Seaboard Coast Line, and Soo Line.
N Scale:
Athearn has released a John Deere 7820 tractor; and the second release of the Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive.
InterMountain has shipped 4750 covered hoppers in BNSF in the new image swoosh scheme.
Kato has released the new Union Pacific passenger car sets, two different sets of four cars each; also the EMD E9 A and B units in Union Pacific.
0/027:
Lionel has shipped an 0-4-0 steam locomotive in Bethlehem Steel.
And we have received an Alaska Railroad MP15 diesel with horn from K-Line by Lionel.
Books:
Kalmbach Publishing has shipped Model Railroaders Guide To Industries Along The Track Volume 3, which features cement, sugar beets, ethanol, canning, piggyback traffic and others.
Morning Sun Books has two new titles available: Trackside On The Pennsylvania Railroad Delmarva Lines, and C&NW Color Guide To Freight and Passenger Equipment Volume 1: Passenger Cars, Cabooses and Acquired Roads.
RP CYC Publishing has released Railway Prototype Cyclopedia RP CYC 17, which covers USRA single sheath box cars and steel rebuilds, General American Trans-Flo hoppers, and GATC Airslide covered hoppers, Part 1.
Video:
We have received new DVDs from American Altavista and the Main Line Motion Pictures: Norfolk & Western Steam in the 1950s, three different volumes!
Green Frog Productions has shipped a new DVD: The Old South Shore.
Pentrex has released another new DVD: Alaska Volume 3, Giants In The Dark, Winter On The Alaska Railroad.
Future:
Atlas has announced new HO scale Trainman starter train sets, including CSX and D&H freight sets, a UP grain train set, and an N&W coal train set. Also being produced will be add-on sets of CNW grain cars (three pack of the Thrall 4750 covered hopper) and N&W coal cars (three pack of 70 ton 3 bay coal hoppers, one N&W and two Virginian).
Also from Atlas in HO scale, they have announced Alco C420 locos, low nose versions in Delaware & Hudson, Lehigh Valley, and Norfolk & Western; and high nose versions in Long Island, Virginia & Maryland, Susquehanna, and Livonia Avon & Lakeville - these are all available in Silver analog/dc versions and Gold with DCC and sound; from Atlas Trainman, Alco RS32 will be available in CNW, New York Central, SP, and Penn Central, and Alco RS36 will be available in Arkansas & Missouri, Atlantic & Danville, and Delaware & Hudson; NE-6 cabooses will be produced in Norfolk & Western (red with half moon herald), Penn Central, Conrail, Raritan River, Family Lines/Clinchfield, and Pittsburgh & Shawmut; 48 foot Pines trailers will be available in BNSF, CSX, Fastrac Intermodal, Vermont Railways, and Xtra Intermodal; Trainman PS-2 two bay covered hoppers will be produced in Santa Fe, Frisco, Pennsylvania, Rock Island, Tennessee Central, Milwaukee, Western Maryland, New Haven, Seaboard Coast Line, and Wabash; ACF 5701 plastics covered hoppers in ACFX (ARI-T repaint), Dow Chemical, Exxon Chemical Americas, Freeport, GE Railcar, Greenbrier, and Huntsman; ACF 5701 grain covered hopper in ADM, modern leaf logo; Trainman two bay offset coal hoppers in B&O, CP, CNW, Detroit & Mackinac, Santa Fe, D&H, LS&I, and NC&StL; Trainman cupola cabooses in BN, UP, Virginian, C&O (red), Norfolk Southern, Pere Marquette, NYC, Atlantic & Danville, CN, C&O (blue), C&EI, Chicago South Shore, CSX, Frisco, Long Island, and Penn Central; and reruns of the Ford Taurus autos, and new colors on the 1936 Chrysler Airflow and 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited.
More new announcements from Athearn!
In N scale, Athearn will be producing PS-2 2893 covered hoppers in six schemes; and Mack R tractor with 40 foot exterior post trailers in five schemes.
In HO scale Athearn Ready-To-Roll, new 1955 Ford F-100 pickup trucks in Union Supply, Valley Citrus, Champion Packing, Mountain Lumber, Valley Growers, and Liberty Feed (it is amazing that most of these match structure names produced by Walthers!); Mack B tractors with 40 foot exterior post trailers in CP, MP, Pennsylvania, Roadway, and Santa Fe; 50 foot flats with 40 foot trailer in CNW, CGW, Lehigh Valley, M&StL, Pennsylvania, and Santa Fe; wide vision cabooses in CN, Chessie/C&O, Conrail, Soo Line; 50 foot mechanical reefers in BN/WFMX, CN, NP, NYC, PFE, and Santa Fe; PS-2 2893 covered hoppers in Chessie/C&O, Conrail, Rio Grande, Illinois Central, Norfolk & Western, and Santa Fe; 50 foot covered gondolas in DT&I, P&LE, Rock Island, Soo, UP, and Wabash; Great Northern circus scheme box cars, a rerun; Ford C fire truck in six schemes; Kenworth tow trucks in six schemes; 50 foot double door box cars in B&O/Timesaver, C&EI, MKT, T&P, Wabash, and Western Pacific; EMD GP40X locos in Southern, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Rail America/TP&W; EMD SD45 in Erie Lackawanna, Great Northern including Hustle Muscle, Santa Fe, and Southern; the new EMD SW1500 in Southern/River Street Rambler, CSX, Missouri Pacific, Rock Island, and Western Pacific.
In the Genesis HO scale line, Athearn will produce modernized F7s as A units and AB sets in Rock Island, with or without DCC and sound; EMD F45 in Burlington Northern, Montana Rail Link, and Susquehanna; EMD FP45 in Santa Fe (freight yellow warbonnet, two scheme variations) and Milwaukee Road (orange and black, two scheme variations) - the F45 and FP45 models will be available either with or without DCC and sound.
In the Roundhouse HO scale line, 40 foot pickle cars will be available in Bloch & Guggenheimer, Budlong Pickle, National Fruit Products, Richter Vinegar, Squire Dingee, and Western Food Products.
Red Caboose will be producing HO scale steel coil cars in BNSF in the new image swoosh scheme; NP wood reefers; and LNE and CNJ patch side body box cars; and three different CSXT steel coil cars with a variety of coil hood covers - yellow or blue, angled or round, CSX or Chessie or B&O or C&O.
